Direct Elections East Germany References in periodicals archive ? That year marked the first time a presidential candidate won the electoral vote while losing the popular vote. It was a time of organized suppression of black voters in the South, and there were fierce disputes over vote totals in...
Despite that most treasured democratic ideal ofevery vote being equal, currently in U.S. presidential elections, they really aren’t. The worth of your vote depends on which state you vote in – specifically on its population. The smaller your state’s population, the more your vote is worth...
Obama's popular vote total was the biggest in US history, though this is largely due to population growth. NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL EXIT POLL (details pg 4) Obama's biggest vote gains came with the very wealthy (+17), first-time voters (+16), Latinos (+14), young people (+12), urban ...
In October, the buildup to the US elections delivered tremendous growth for Polymarket, the predictions market that gained fame for hosting bets on the presidential election – correctly predicting, as it turned out, a victory for former president turned President-Elect Donald Trump. The ...
United States presidential election of 1824 was an American presidential election held in 1824, in which John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to receive a m
Sources: Electoral and popular vote totals based on data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives; the United States Office of the Federal Register; the Federal Election Commission; Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, 4th ed. (2001); and the official...