it could be enough to matter. In 2016, Stein’s vote was larger than Trump’s margin in three swing states, causing Democrats to charge that she cost Hillary Clinton the election. How many of Stein’s voters might have voted for Clinton is unknown, but the risk ...
If the election relied solely on the popular vote, how might many Americans votes 'not count' toward the election outcome? The Electoral College System: The Electoral College is a system of indirect voting used in the U.S. presidential election....
Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, was defending a law that required voters to prove their citizenship before registering to vote. Such voter ID laws are seen by many as a way to suppress legitimate votes, because many eligible voters—in this case, up to 35,000 Kansans—lack ...
President-elect Trump increased his vote share in 90% of US counties, compared with 2020, and became just the second Republican since 1988 to win the popular vote. He also increased his vote significantly among many demographic groups which had been least likely to back him in the past. As ...
Coloradans have spent the last 24 hours voting in the 2024 Presidential election. More than 137 million Americans voted for President yesterday, with Donald Trump ahead at the end of the night with 71,417,291 votes (51% of the popular vote) according toCNN.com.Votes are still being counted...
In the historic 2024 election, President Donald J. Trump not only won the electoral vote but also the popular vote. This puts those accusing him of being a "threat to democracy" in an awkward position. Since the majority of citi...
"The vast majority of Republicans voted for Trump, and the vast majority of Democrats voted for Harris, and voter turnout was relatively high," Bernard L. Fraga, a political science professor at Emory University in Georgia, said in a phone interview. "So in many ways Americ...
for them given that obviously Elon Musk right now is very much in the graces of Trump, and I think the administration is going to do a lot to pump up that platform. Going back to my original point, it's almost impossible to make predictions because there's so many forces ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000. Even when neither captured the popular vote. The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different from the popular vote,...
Trump and Sanders, separately, represent powerful currents in the electorate, and New Hampshire voters have done their best to prolong the 2016 nominating contests: Cruz, Bush and Rubio are all muddled together with 10 percent to 12 percent of the New Hampshire vote. They will finish, in some...