Content Categorized with "FairVote"
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Press Release: We Know 35 States That Will Not be 2016 Swing States
- Posted: November 7, 2012
- Categories: FairVote
FairVote: the Center for Voting and Democracy, a Maryland based nonprofit analyzing elections and advocating for electoral reform, has issued a series of analyses of presidential elections that started with its 2005 report explaining the sharp decline in competitive presidential "battlegrounds" over the past three decades.
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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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Instant Runoff Voting in Action in Takoma Park
- Posted: July 18, 2012
- Author(s): Jared Gay, Rob Richie
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
Our analysis of the July 18 thinstant runoff election in Takoma Park, Maryland. We include information from an exit survey regarding opinions of instant runoff voting.
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Swing States of America: Candidate Tracker and News, July 17
- Posted: July 17, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis, Jared Gay
- Categories: Presidential Tracker, Home, FairVote
Obama and Romney visit swing states Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively, to bash one another's economic policies. Furthermore, analysts identify Virginia as the most crucial swing state this election and some predict that Obama can win its Electoral College votes.
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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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Hanging by a Thread: Egyptian Democracy After the June 18 Coup
- Posted: June 25, 2012
- Author(s): Erin Ellis
- Categories: Middle East and Africa, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
In the aftermath of a military "coup" staged on June 18, the future of Egyptian democracy looks precarious. In retrospect, the situation might have been prevented if Egypt had used proportional representation to elect its parliament in the first place.
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Look to Election Rules to Reverse Decline of Political Center
- Posted: May 11, 2012
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Sheahan Virgin
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Reforms, Congressional Elections, Research & Analysis, Home, FairVote
U.S. Senators Dick Lugar (R-IN), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Kent Conrad (R-ND) share a history of bipartisan policymaking -- and the reality that they are leaving Congress. With its "the-rules-matter" perspective, FairVote explores the way in which our winner-take-all voting system disadvantages centrist candidates and discourages bipartisanship.
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Election Wonk: Growing trend of plurality wins in governors' races
- Posted: May 7, 2012
- Author(s): Lindsey Needham, The Non-Majority Rule Desk
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Home, FairVote
Over the last two years, a staggering 28% of gubernatorial races were awarded to candidates who failed to win 50% of the vote. With so many state executives in power without the expressed consent of the majority, we have to question whether our system successfully functions to deliver the will of the people.