How many votes are needed to win the election for House speaker? The magic number is usually 218, a simple majority of the 435 members in the House. In the 118th Congress, however, it's currently 217. This year, David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, resigned in June, and Chris S...
An exit poll is exactly what is sounds like: a survey of voters interviewed in person as they “exit” a neighborhood polling place. That approach no longer works for how America votes today. In 1972, when President Richard Nixon was reelected, 95% of voters cast a ballot in person on ...
Rep. Brandon Williams, of New York, included McCarthy in the group of members running for speaker as a candidate whom he'd support if he can win the votes. "I want a Republican that can get 218 votes on the House floor. Steve (Scalise), Jim (Jordan), or Kevin (McCarthy) are all...
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After a party-line vote in the House, the "For the People Act" is dead on arrival in the Senate with the legislative filibuster still intact, meaning Democrats would need at least 10 Republican votes to advance it. As of now, Democrats don't have the support to ax the filibuster or ad...
In the governor’s race, Lake won this batch 52 percent to 48 percent over Hobbs, which reduced Hobbs’s statewide edge just a bit: Hobbs now leads 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent with 88 percent of the expected vote reporting. Per ABC News estimates, around 325,000 votes are yet to be ...
Following the Wells process, SEC staff presents its findings and recommendations to the commission. The five commissioners, appointed by the U.S. president and confirmed by the Senate, then votes on whether to go ahead with an enforcement action. The commission decides based on the investigation'...
more clarity about the candidates and their platforms in the past several months. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are neck and neck heading into election night. trump has a history of outperforming poll numbers, but a lot could happen before the final votes are ...
making him the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. The vote came exactly one week after a mob of the president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in an effort to block Congress from counting theElectoral College votesand confirming President-elect Joe Biden's...