Electoral vote Tracker

Electoral vote Tracker

The past two weeks of the election campaign have been marked by competing headlines from the trial of Mike Duffy, forcing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper to answer questions on a nearly daily basis about what his office knew of a deal to repay the…

Electorate votes

Electorate votes

As it turns out, the effect of that shift was multiplied by the fact that voters across the board were more likely to support Republicans than in past elections. The graph below compares the margin of support among demographic groups for Republican candidates…

Pennsylvania electoral votes

Pennsylvania electoral votes

Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi plans to introduce legislation this month to change the way Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes are allocated in the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond. Pileggi has indicated his proposal would apportion electors…

Obama electoral votes

Obama electoral votes

SurveyUSA interviewed 600 registered voters in each of the 50 states. A total of 30, interviews were completed. If John McCain faces Barack Obama, Obama wins 280 to 256. McCain carries 26 states. Obama carries 24 states plus the District of Columbia…

Missouri electoral votes

Missouri electoral votes

Somehow, the message Hillary Clinton’s nascent presidential campaign took from 2014 is that the former secretary of state is a rising star and Democrats are winning the future. That is the inevitable takeaway from an interview Talking Points Memo’s Dylan…

270 electoral votes

270 electoral votes

A recent conversation with a veteran of GOP presidential campaigns raised this question: Which, if any, of the recent battleground states are likely to become more Republican by 2016? The consensus: very few. That reality highlights one problem Republicans…

US states electoral votes

US states electoral votes

The lopsided re-election of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has ignited talk about Christie’s 2016 presidential prospects. In his victory speech, Christie, eyes straight at the camera, invited the rest of the country to see what a Republican could achieve…

Voting electorate

Voting electorate

The Unprecedented Growth of the Rising American Electorate According to the latest Census data, the Rising American Electorate or RAE (unmarried women, African Americans, Latinos, other people of color and millennials) is overwhelmingly responsible for…

Texas electoral votes

Texas electoral votes

Agreement among states would shift emphasis to popular, not electoral, votes For the Express-News The Electoral College is constitutional but dilutes the impact of the popular vote and creates the potential for nightmare scenarios in which a candidate…

Virginia electoral votes

Virginia electoral votes

APVirginia s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving to drastically change the way in which the state s Electoral College votes are allocated. According to the Associated Press, a State Senate subcommittee voted to recommend a bill from state Sen…

New Hampshire electoral votes

New Hampshire electoral votes

Senate Candidate Party Votes Pct. Winner: Jeanne ShaheenJeanne Shaheen Dem. 358, 947 51.7% John E. Sununu Rep. 314, 412 45.3 Incumbent Ken Blevens Lib 21, 240 3.1 100% reportingGovernor Governor Pct. Winner: John LynchJohn Lynch Dem. 477, 254 69.8% Joe…

South Carolina electoral votes

South Carolina electoral votes

ELECTORAL VOTES 2016 ELECTION guage Safe Republican 2010 Census Reapportionment: South Carolina gained one electoral vote, giving it 9 through the 2020 presidential election. This is the first change since 1932, when it dropped from 9 to 8. South Carolina…