Entries Categorized with "National Popular Vote"
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How New Mexico Lost Its Swing
- Posted: October 4, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Rob Richie, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
New Mexico is no longer a swing state. Therefore, it should no longer expect any attention from either presidential campaign. Why did this happen and what does it mean for other states in the 2016 election?
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Swing States and Swing Media Markets: Presidential Tracker Update, October 3, 2012
- Posted: October 3, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections
There are 34 days left before Election Day, and the candidates have yet to campaign in 40 states since the end of the Democratic National Convention, which ended September 7. But don't take that to mean that the candidates are sitting on their laurels. Read here where the candidates have been spending their time and money during the month of September.
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Four Crazy Electoral College Rules
- Posted: September 26, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
The Electoral College in its current form is always pretty crazy--after all, every election it causes campaigns to ignore most of the country in favor of a handfull of swing states. But you may not know the four craziest Electoral College rules, written into the Constitution, that could take effect this November.
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FairVote’s Presidential Campaign Tracker: Past, Present, and Future
- Posted: September 18, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections
The presidential campaign has entered its final weeks, when presidential candidates travel and campaign across the country almost every day (in swing states), advertise on television hundreds of times a day (in swing states), and thousands of volunteers devote their weekends and evenings to getting out the vote (in in swing states). This election cycle, FairVote is continuing our efforts to track the candidates’ travel and television ad spending, just as we did in the 2004 and 2008 campaigns and throughout President Barack Obama’s time in office.
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Presidential Inequality, Barack Obama, and a Tale of Two Carolinas
- Posted: September 6, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Rob Richie, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
Our current Electoral College rules mean that a mere four percent vote shift can make all the difference in how a state’s voters experience the presidential election. There is no better example than North Carolina and South Carolina.
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The Nonpartisan Case for National Popular Vote: Al Gore, not GOP Platform, Gets it Right
- Posted: September 5, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote
Last week, the 2012 Republican Party Platform came out against a national popular vote, while Al Gore spoke in favor of one. Does that mean that the National Popular Vote plan is a partisan issue? To the contrary.
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Convening in the Swing States: Why the parties are meeting in Florida and North Carolina
- Posted: August 28, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
Was it the hope of swing state victories that led the Republican and Democratic parties to decide to host their conventions in Charlotte, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida? Evidence suggests that it was, even if that may not mean much in terms of either campaign’s ability to win those states.
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How the Electoral College Became Winner-Take-All
- Posted: August 22, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
Electoral College electors weren't always chosen based on statewide winner-take-all rules. The first 13 U.S. presidential elections were messy and confusing, as each state used its own method for holding--or not holding--presidential elections.
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, August 6
- Posted: August 6, 2012
- Author(s): Presidential Tracker, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
Nationwide polls remain close, but recent swing state polling suggests that President Barack Obama is beginning to pull away from Mitt Romney in the few states that will decide the 2012 presidential election. Obama attempts to further increase this lead with another week of swing state campaigning.
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The Current Electoral College is Like the World Series (Which is Why We Need to Change It)
- Posted: July 2, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote
If you've followed the debate over the Electoral College, you may have heard the argument that the College's structural similarity to baseball's World Series is a good argument for keeping its current winner-take-all rules. That argument is flawed.