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Majority and Plurality in U.S. Gubernatorial Elections
- Posted: April 9, 2010
- Author(s): Neal Suidan, Daniel Weaver
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, National Popular Vote, Research & Analysis, Home, All Reports
From 1948 to 2009, 90.4 percent of all gubernatorial general elections nationwide were won with greater than 50 percent of the popular vote. None were won with less than 35 percent of all votes cast. Fifteen states elected all of their governors with a majority of votes cast. Among the other states, Maine had the most plurality-elected governors, with 7 of their 19 races in this span.
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Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks--Colorado Edition
- Posted: October 6, 2008
- Author(s): Adam Fogel, Allison McNeely, Daniel Weaver
- Categories: FairVote
The Democracy SOS Project aims to increase transparency in election administration and to monitor the actions of election officials, starting with Secretaries of State. This series reports the results of surveys of county clerks in 10 "swing states" during the 2008 presidential election. FairVote staff and interns surveyed nearly every county clerk in Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as election officials in counties with at least 500,000 residents in Ohio, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. -
Uniformity in Election Administration: A 2008 Survey of Swing State County Clerks--New Mexico Edition
- Posted: September 4, 2008
- Author(s): Adam Fogel, Daniel Weaver
- Categories: FairVote
The Democracy SOS Project aims to increase transparency in election administration and to monitor the actions of election officials, starting with Secretaries of State. This series reports the results of surveys of county clerks in 10 "swing states" during the 2008 Presidential Election. FairVote staff and interns surveyed nearly every county clerk in Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as election officials in counties with at least 500,000 residents in Ohio, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.