Content Categorized with "Presidential Elections"
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Comparative Structural Reform
- Posted: August 31, 2015
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Reforms, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Research & Analysis, Home, Redistricting, Voter Turnout, All Reports, Districts Plus
Comparative Structural Reform presents an extensive assessment of the potential impact of 37 structural reforms to election laws and legislative structures in collaboration with 14 prominent political scholars. Scholars participating in the project are authorities on electoral reform and legislative functionality, with extensive collective expertise and mastery of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of American legislatures, elections and electoral rules. Each of the participating scholars was asked to assess each reform’s impact on 16 different criteria fitting within four topline categories: legislative functionality, electoral accountability, voter engagement, and openness of process. Scholars were compensated for their participation. All scholars responded to all eleven surveys and provided a wealth of insightful comments, new sources, and useful information in addition to their well-considered ratings of each reform.
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Oklahoma Voter Turnout Suffers without National Popular Vote Plan
- Posted: March 13, 2015
- Author(s): Claire Daviss, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Research & Analysis, Home
The current Electoral College system -- one that Oklahoma state legislators have the power to help change -- leaves Oklahoma voters at a disadvantage during and between presidential elections. A comparison of voter turnout patterns in Oklahoma and Virginia tells the story, contradicting inaccurate analysis from an Oklahoma think tank. -
Does the Candidate Determine the Battleground States in Presidential Elections?
- Posted: February 23, 2015
- Author(s): Claire Daviss
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
Many are making predictions on which states will be battlegrounds in the 2016 presidential elections. Certainly a state's underlying partisanship matters. (The closer the state, the more likely it will draw campaign attention.) But do a candidate's individual qualities shape the states he or she targets, and how much? -
Why Missouri Will Not Be a 2016 Presidential Campaign Battleground
- Posted: February 19, 2015
- Author(s): Claire Daviss, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home
For more than a century, Missouri was called the "bellwether state" for its tendency to swing between Democrats and Republicans. But Missouri's days as a battleground state appear to be over, as the state has become more Republican in every election since 1996. Read what Missouri can expect in the 2016 presidential election. -
New Report! Fuzzy Math: Wrong Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral Votes
- Posted: January 28, 2015
- Author(s): Claire Daviss
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Research & Analysis, Home
Almost all states use the winner-take-all system to allocate their electoral votes during presidential elections, but fed-up with being ignored during presidential elections, some states are now considering alternatives. Fuzzy Math: Wrong Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral Votes, FairVote's latest report, reveals that not all alternatives are good ones. The best option for states is to adopt the National Popular Vote plan. -
Fuzzy Math: Wrong Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral Votes
- Posted: January 28, 2015
- Author(s): Claire Daviss, Rob Richie
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Home, All Reports
States have a constitutional obligation to decide how they will allocate their electoral votes during presidential elections. Almost all states currently use statewide, winner-take-all rules, which gives all of the state's votes to the winner of the statewide popular vote. But some states have considered alternative methods, such as the whole number proportional system and the congressional district system. We look at the effect these systems would have on presidential elections. Neither system promotes majority rule, increases competitiveness nationwide, or ensures voter equality.
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Millions of 16- and 17 years olds vote in Brazilian Presidential Election, but no President Elected
- Posted: October 23, 2014
- Author(s): Mike MacNevin
- Categories: Americas, Presidential Elections, Home, Elections Worldwide
Brazilians flocked to the polls on October 5, 2014, to vote for their next president. Yet, after all the votes were counted, no one was elected. This blog entry briefly explores the use of runoff elections in Brazil before discussing the growing worldwide movement to repeat Brazil's enfranchisement of 16 and 17 year olds. -
Fighting Misconceptions about a National Popular Vote for President
- Posted: September 12, 2014
- Author(s): Nathan Nicholson
- Categories: National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Reforms, Home
Yes, voters in 146 counties could theoretically elect a president under NPV. Why that’s no problem – and why our current system is much, much worse. -
FairVote Reforms are Gaining Steam on the Ground and in the Media
- Posted: July 3, 2014
- Author(s): Patricia Hart
- Categories: Presidential Elections, Reforms, Cumulative Voting, Home
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The Case for Ranked Voting in the Republican Presidential Nomination Contest
- Posted: June 20, 2014
- Author(s): Drew Spencer
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Presidential Elections
The use of ranked choice voting to elect the Republican Presidential nominee would ensure that the ultimate winner has the broadest base of support and the best chance of winning in November.