Content Categorized with "Presidential Elections"
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, August 6
- Posted: August 6, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Presidential Tracker
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote, Home
Nationwide polls remain close, but recent swing state polling suggests that President Barack Obama is beginning to pull away from Mitt Romney in the few states that will decide the 2012 presidential election. Obama attempts to further increase this lead with another week of swing state campaigning.
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, July 24
- Posted: July 24, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, Home, FairVote
POTUS analysts report that there may only be five true battleground states this election: Florida, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. However, if large numbers of Latinos register to vote, new swing states could emerge. In other news, as only 6 percent of voters are still undecided, the candidates' campaigns spend a whopping $400 on each such voter.
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, July 20
- Posted: July 20, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, Home, FairVote
Obama and Romney cancel campaign events in swing states Florida and New Hampshire, respectively, to address last night's tragic Colorado shooting; polls show that the candidates are deadlocked in battleground states at 46 percent apiece; a high turnout of African American voters could turn the tables in Obama's favor.
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The Current Electoral College is Like the World Series (Which is Why We Need to Change It)
- Posted: July 2, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote, Home
If you've followed the debate over the Electoral College, you may have heard the argument that the College's structural similarity to baseball's World Series is a good argument for keeping its current winner-take-all rules. That argument is flawed.
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Presidential Tracker and State Strategy: June 28
- Posted: June 28, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, FairVote
The latest news on the POTUS 2012 campaign trail: Barack Obama prepares for his own swing state bus tour; Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania could be the three key swing states to win; Obama enjoys an advantage among Latinos, which could give him a lead in swing states.
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Presidential Tracker and State Strategies: June 26, 2012
- Posted: June 26, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis, Jared Gay
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Presidential Elections, FairVote
Our Presidential Tracker series is now releasing semiweekly news updates on Romney and Obama's whereabouts and state strategies.
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Mexico's Divisive Presidential Election System
- Posted: June 19, 2012
- Author(s): Warren Hays
- Categories: Presidential Elections, Americas, Home, Elections Worldwide
With Mexican voters set to go to the polls on July 1, the country's three-party system combined with its winner-take-all presidential elections create a recipe for popular discontent with no end in sight.
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Why James Madison Wanted to Change the Way We Vote For President
- Posted: June 18, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Rob Richie
- Categories: Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote, Home
James Madison helped to create the Electoral College, but he never supported the way we vote for our presidents today. Find out what Madison would change about our current electoral system.
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France Elects a New President: Analysis and Five Notable Facts
- Posted: May 7, 2012
- Author(s): Hüseyin Koyuncu, Rob Richie
- Categories: Europe, Presidential Elections, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
France elected a new president on May 6 in a majority runoff in which Francois Hollande defeated incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy. FairVote's director and FairVote intern Huseyin Koyuncu, a French student from Sciences Po, report on the election and five notable facts about how France votes.
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Presidential Campaign Strategies Based on Swing States
- Posted: May 4, 2012
- Author(s): Chris Beaulieu
- Categories: Presidential Elections, National Popular Vote, Home
Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are zeroing in on the swing states where either candidate could come out on top in the November elections. However, the unusual amount of attention given to certain states while others are essentially left by the wayside illustrates the problems with the Electoral College system.