A projected winner is normally announced on election night, but the actual Electoral College vote happens in December when the electors meet in their states. What are swing states and how important are they? Swing states, also known as battleground or toss-up states, hold disproportionate sway ...
Denver City Council postpones vote on new National Western development In: United States Electoral College 2024 Elections Paula Cohen Paula Cohen is the senior managing editor of CBSNews.com, where she oversees coverage of breaking news and stories on a wide range of topics from across the...
Image:If US swing states vote along the lines of religious trends, they will still be divided almost evenly between the Democrats and Republicans If we go with the rough trend that less religious states are more likely to vote for the Democrats and more religious st...
How Abortion Could Impact the 2024 US Elections More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A voter fills out their ballot as voters in Ohio decide whether to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo By Joseph Ax (...
but there are potential explanations for this historical pattern. Changes in the White House create uncertainty in the markets, and uncertainty is generally bearish. Some view the S&P 500 as a broad reflection of U.S. economic sentiment: When voters are moved to vote out the incumbent administra...
In the 2015 federal election, about one third of Canadians did not vote. This was up from the previous five elections where voter turnout ranged between 59 per cent (in 2008, the lowest ever in Canada’s history) and 65 per cent. ...
Perspective: How to Win Elections without the Right to Vote
Puerto Rico is currently treated as a second-class citizen, with its residents not having full voting rights in US elections. Puerto Rico pays taxes to the US government, but does not have voting representation in Congress. Puerto Rico has a population of over 3 million people, which would ...
Why is it important to vote on Super Tuesday? In addition to the delegates, the candidate who wins often picks up momentum, determining the next chapter in the narrative of the race. In 2020, Mr. Biden had only won the South Carolina primary before Super Tuesday, with Pete Buttigieg having...
The Associated Press has been tallying results in national, state and local elections since 1848. In broad terms, the process is the same today as it was then.