What if Everyone Voted in Presidential Elections?Citrin, JackSchickler, EricSides, John M
The outcome of the caucus or primary determines how many delegates each candidate gets to represent them at the party's national convention in the summer. At the convention, the candidate with the most delegates becomes the presidential nominee, but if there is no clear winner at primary or...
Then there is the system of thepresidential elections. The public doesn’t really get much of a say in who leads the country for the next four years. They can vote for representatives based on their political party, and party delegates will vote for candidates at their conference. Many voter...
A case study of the Portuguese 2006 elections. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties , 17(3), pp. 263–291.Magalhaes, P. C., 2007. What are (semi)presidential elections about? A case study of the Portuguese 2006 elections. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 17,...
We find little difference between full state issue delegates and the median voter in each state. In these relatively evenly divided constituencies, the preference aggregation procedure did not change the comparison much: either way, members of Congress (MCs) are much more extreme than their ...
Residents of Puerto Rico, for example, are U.S. citizens but do not have the right to vote in presidential elections. They also have no voting representatives in the U.S. Congress unless they move to one of the 50 states.14 Residents of Washington, D.C., payfederal taxesdespite having...
Like Puerto Rico, residents of these U.S. territories cannot vote in presidential elections: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Except for residents of American Samoa, those born in the other four American territories are U.S. citizens and can vot...
Economic Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections: Who Blames Whom for What In United States presidential elections, the incumbent party's fortunes depend significantly on recent economic conditions, as numerous studies have shown... D Eisenberg,J Ketcham - 《Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy》 被...
Eager to demonstrate Biden’s strength despite his absence, the president’s allies in the state have been encouraging voters to write in Biden’s name. The outcome will have no bearing on the number of delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. But an underwhelming finish, even in...
Democratic presidential primary candidate Howard Dean was the most prominent user of the Internet and the blogosphere. Dean used bloggers as unpaid advisers and cheerleaders to help build his base; in turn, bloggers rallied to Dean’s campaign against the Second Persian Gulf War. Even before the ...