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Dr. Eric Ostermeier, whose blog Smart Politics tracks electoral data of all kinds, notes in this post that in 2020, the Libertarian Party received the highest percentage in its history in four gubernatorial races. … Continue reading
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In most states, write-ins for president in the general election are only tallied statewide for write-in candidates who filed a declaration of candidacy. But around the nation, some county election officials go beyond the requirement of the law, and record … Continue reading
Unlike most states that have write-in space on presidential general election ballots, New Hampshire has no procedure for a write-in candidate to file a declaration of write-in candidacy. Instead, New Hampshire simply tallies all presidential write-ins. This year the Secretary … Continue reading
Dr. Eric Ostermeier here describes the minor party U.S. Senate candidates in 2020 who set new percentage records for their respective parties. His blog Smart Politics is known for its historical election returns record-keeping. Thanks to Eric Wong for the … Continue reading
William J. Hunt, Libertarian nominee for Rhode Island State House, district 68, polled 40.53% earlier this month. The vote was 2,995 for Hunt and 4,394 for his Democratic opponent. Hunt has good name recognition in the district, because this is … Continue reading