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  Every weekday, Ballotpedia tracks the events that matter in the 2020 presidential election.  Now, we’re bringing you the highlights from our daily briefings in a weekly format so you can stay up-to-date on the 2020 election with one weekly email. Here’s the latest from the campaign trail. Candidates by the Number   Notable Quotes…

  October 11, 2019: Six Democratic candidates released policies on LGBT issues, foster care, housing, and athletics Thursday. President Trump headlined a rally in Minneapolis.         Each Friday, we highlight a presidential candidate’s key campaign staffer.   Rob Friedlander is a Democratic staffer with experience handling communications for campaign and government offices. He is a former staffer…

  October 10, 2019: Nine candidates will participate in a CNN town hall on LGBTQ issues Thursday. Warren released an environmental justice plan proposing $1 trillion in spending over 10 years on vulnerable communities.   Notable Quote of the Day “It’s entirely possible that in December or January, Democrats feel like Biden is not inspiring enough…

October 9, 2019: Cory Booker, Tom Steyer, and Andrew Yang bring the total of candidates who’ve qualified for the November 20 debate to eight. Joe Biden was endorsed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.   Notable Quote of the Day “If Democrats learned anything in 2016 — an open question, surely — it is that it is impossible…

Trifecta control changed in 12 states in 2010 where state legislatures were responsible for redistricting Eleven states are holding gubernatorial elections in 2020, and 44 are holding state legislative elections. In a majority of these states, the officials elected in 2020 will play a part in redrawing legislative maps governing elections for the subsequent 10…

This decade featured the fewest California ballot propositions in the state’s history Since California has finalized its 2019 general election ballot, I wanted to share the results of our analysis of the number of ballot measures in the state this decade.  Between 2010 and 2019, there were 69 statewide ballot measures in California, which means this…

    October 8, 2019: Amy Klobuchar’s campaign raised $4.8 million last quarter. Next Tuesday’s 12-candidate Democratic debate in Westerville, Ohio, will be the largest single primary debate ever.   In the past century, which presidential election had the highest estimated voter turnout? a. 1932→ b. 1960→ c. 1980→ d. 2008→ Notable Quote of the Day “One thing we can…

  October 7, 2019: Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million in the third quarter of 2019. Mark Sanford and Joe Walsh disagreed on impeachment during an appearance on CNN. There are six new candidates running since last week, including one Republican and one member of the Green Party. In total, 886 individuals are currently filed with the…

Ranked-choice voting round-up: the state of play heading into November On Nov. 5, voters in New York City will decide on a city charter amendment that would, if adopted, establish ranked-choice voting (RCV) for municipal primary and special elections beginning in 2021. If approved, the amendment will make New York the largest city in the nation to use RCV…

Register for tomorrow’s free briefing on upcoming redistricting The official start of the 2020 Census is less than six months away—on April 1, 2020. Upon completion of the census, each state will draft and enact new district maps for the nation’s 435 congressional districts and 7,383 state legislative seats across 99 chambers. We’re holding a…