Tag: elections
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2024 presidential candidates campaign in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Ohio
As of March 15, 2024, five noteworthy candidates are running in the 2024 presidential election, including one Democrat and four Republicans. Below is a summary of each candidate's campaign activity from March 8 to March 15. Author and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson (D) held campaign events across New Hampshire from March 8 to March…
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13 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Ballotpedia identified 13 declared candidates for federal and statewide offices over the previous week. All of these candidates declared prior to their state’s official filing deadline. That number is four fewer than the number of candidates processed the previous week (17). Seven of those candidates were Democratic, while five were Republican. One was Independent. Of…
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17 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Ballotpedia identified 17 declared candidates for federal and statewide offices over the previous week. That number is two fewer than the number of candidates processed the previous week (19). All of these candidates declared prior to their state’s official filing deadline. Ten of those candidates were Democratic, while six were Republican. One was a third-party…
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19 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week
Ballotpedia identified nineteen declared candidates for federal and statewide offices over the previous week. All of these candidates declared prior to their state’s official filing deadline. That number is four fewer than the number of candidates processed the previous week (15). Seven of those candidates were Democratic, while eight were Republican. Four were third-party candidates.…
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At least 56 minor party or independent candidates in 2022 received more votes than the margin of victory in their election
In the 2022 elections, at least 56 minor party or independent candidates received more votes than the margin of victory in their election. There were five such candidates in elections for federal office and 18 in elections for statewide offices. In 2020, by comparison, at least 77 minor party or independent candidates received more votes…
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2022 elections see second-highest nationwide midterm voter turnout since 2002
The 2022 elections saw the second-highest midterm voter turnout since 2002, according to data compiled by the United States Election Project. The turnout rate in 2022 was 46.8%. Since 2002, the highest midterm turnout rate was in 2018, at 50.3%, and the lowest was in 2014, at 36.7%. At the state level, Oregon had the…
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Biden currently leads PredictIt's 2024 presidential general election market
As of January 9, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows incumbent Joe Biden (D) holding a lead at $0.34, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.31, and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.16. No other candidate has more than a $0.10 share price. Trump is the only candidate of this group to…
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Republicans increase control over state legislative districts overlapping with Pivot Counties and Reverse-Pivot Counties
After the 2022 elections, Republicans hold 540 (65.9%) state legislative seats overlapping a Pivot County, up from 507 (63.6%) after the 2020 elections. Democrats hold 280 state legislative seats (34.1%) overlapping a Pivot County, down from 290 (36.4%) after the 2020 elections. Pivot Counties are the 206 counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in…
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94% of incumbents won re-election in 2022 general election
Ballotpedia covered all state and federal races on Nov. 8, 2022, as well as local elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. In the 2022 general election, an average of 94% of incumbents nationwide won their re-election bids. Comparatively, in the 2021 general election, 86% of incumbents nationwide won their re-election bids. In the…
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Incumbent Sen. Rubio (R) Demings (D), and seven others running for U.S. Senate in Florida on Nov. 8
Incumbent Marco Rubio (R), Val Demings (D), and seven other candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate in Florida on November 8, 2022. The Hill's Caroline Vakil said, "Florida’s Senate race is considered one of the most competitive this November." In 2018, the last U.S. Senate race in the state before this…