On October 28, the Connecticut Secretary of State released new registration data. Percentages: Democratic 37.63%; Republican 21.54%; Independent Party 1.01%; Libertarian .12%; Green .09%; Working Families .02%; independent and miscellaneous 39.60%.
In February 2016, the percentages had been: Democratic 36.89%; Republican 20.97%; Independent Party .87%; Libertarian .09%; Green .08%; Working Families .02%; independent and miscellaneous 41.08%. Thanks to Jim for the link.
On November 3, Alaska Division of Elections released current registration data. Percentages are: independent and miscellaneous 52.62%; Republican 27.20%; Democratic 14.85%; Alaskan Independence 3.29%; Libertarian 1.43%; Green .32%; Veterans .22%; Constitution .07%.
Percentages in February 2016 were: independent and miscellaneous 54.51%; Republican 26.50%; Democratic 13.73%; Alaskan Independence 3.21%; Libertarian 1.46%; Green .33%; Veterans .22%; Constitution .05%.
This very detailed and lengthy Washington Post article illustrates which presidential candidates are on ballots in each state, and which states will count write-ins for candidates who aren’t on the ballot. This amount of information about alternate presidential candidates, and even write-in status for them, is completely unprecedented.
The Washington Post has this article about write-ins in presidential elections, with an emphasis on how popular it seems to be this year.
If Gary Johnson or Jill Stein poll approximately 5% of the national vote, the precise national percentage may need to be determined. The question of whether write-in votes cast for presidential candidates who have no slates of presidential elector candidates standing behind them may need to be adjudicated. The denominator (the number of valid votes cast for president in the entire U.S.) might vary according to how that question is answered. Another question might be whether votes cast for “None of these candidates” in Nevada are valid votes. A good case can be made that they are not valid votes, because there are no presidential elector candidates represented by such a vote.
The Iowa Secretary of State’s web page has the election results for President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House. Approximately 55,000 students participated. The student ballots included all the candidates who are on the actual ballots, so these results provide the first data I have seen for some of the less well-known presidential canididates.
