This Washington Post story describes Bob Healey, who got 22% of the vote for Rhode Island governor even though he only spent $35. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
Arizona has never elected an independent candidate to statewide office, to Congress, or to the state legislature, in all the years since it has been a state. But on November 4, an independent candidate for Justice of the Peace (a … Continue reading
This Washington Post story seems to say that Republican nominees for U.S. House received approximately 5,500,000 more votes than Democratic nominees did, although one must study the graph to learn that number. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
Aaron Hamlin has this essay about the 2014 election and approval voting. It is on the web page electology.org, a page set up to advocate for approval voting. … Continue reading
On November 4, fourteen independent candidates were elected to state legislatures. Two were elected to State Senates: Harri Anne Smith in Alabama, and Edward O’Neill in Rhode Island. Both were incumbents running for re-election. Twelve were elected to lower houses: … Continue reading