In the 2020 presidential election, the average state had six presidential candidates on the ballot. The median state had five candidates. The average is somewhat distorted because Colorado and Vermont each had 21 candidates, so the median is probably a … Continue reading
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In the 2020 presidential election, support from 568,289 voters was required to get on the ballot for president (as an independent candidate, or the nominee of a new or previously unqualified party) in all 51 jurisdictions. That figure uses the … Continue reading
W. James Antle III, Politics Editor for the Washington Examiner, has this story on Libertarian Party showings in the 2020 election, although he doesn’t mention the party’s having won a legislative election in Wyoming. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the … Continue reading
The Casper Star-Tribune has this article about Marshall A. Burt, the newly-elected Libertarian state representative from Wyoming’s 39th district. Burt was in a two-person race with a Democratic incumbent, Stan Blake. The 39th district is centered on Green River, a … Continue reading
This article confirms that the New York Conservative Party, like the New York Working Families Party, met the new requirement for a party to remain on the ballot. The Conservative Party apparently polled approximately 300,000 votes for President Trump. … Continue reading