The Michigan legislature adjourned on December 19. Several election law bills that had advanced quite far did not pass. HB 5791 would have allowed primary candidates for Congress to get on a primary ballot with a filing fee instead of … Continue reading
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The national popular vote for U.S. House in 2024 shows that Republicans polled 3,692,650 more votes than Democrats did. The Republican margin over the Democrats is the largest since 2014. Ironically the Republicans lost one seat in the U.S. House. … Continue reading
Last month, Constitution Party nominees for U.S. House received 225,303 votes. This is the highest the party has ever received for U.S. House in its entire history. The only previous year that was close was 2010. If the 2010 American … Continue reading
An analysis of the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr vote shows that he received his highest percentages in counties that were more pro-Trump than that state as a whole. However, he also received his very highest support in counties with a … Continue reading
Eleven states held gubernatorial elections on November 5, 2024. The share of the vote received by minor party and independent candidates was 4.4% of the total. Virtually half of the “other” vote went to Libertarian nominees. The party had gubernatorial … Continue reading