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
On November 5, Phillip Lyman received 200,551 write-in votes for Governor of Utah. He is an outgoing Utah Republican state legislator, and he had lost the Republican gubernatorial primary in June 2024. His write-in total amount to 13.57% of the … Continue reading
I have divided the United States into five regions, and calculated the percentage of the vote that each minor party and independent candidate received in each region, in the states where he or she was on the ballot. The five … Continue reading
David Leip of the US Election Atlas here posts the latest presidential vote totals. They are complete, except that Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island still haven’t released the write-in tallies. It is not clear if Pennsylvania will ever do so. … Continue reading
On December 12, three U.S. Senators introduced SJRes 121, a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. One of the sponsors, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il.) is chair of the Judiciary Committee, although he won’t be chair in the … Continue reading
