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What percentage of the voting public was represented by women in the last presidential election?
In the 2012 presidential election, about 54% of the voters were women. Almost 10 million more women voted than men. In the 2014 elections, about 52% of the voters were women.
Based on the information presented in this activity, which of the following explanations of voter turnout in local and state elections is best supported?
Voters are more engaged during a presidential election than in other elections.
Is Mississippi a democrat or republican state?
Because the state of Mississippi does not offer registered voter statistics by party, we must judge either from primary elections (to see how many voters their are from both parties) or from general elections. Through primary elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2007 Mississippi Governor election, the Democratic Primary had a total of about 450,000 voters compared to about 197,000 voters of the Republican Primary. Also, in the 2008 Presidential Election, the Mississippi Democratic Party Primary had a total of about 429,000 voters compared to about 145,000 voters of the Republican party. Whereas in general elections we conclude that Mississippi is a state dominated by the Republican party. In the 2008 Presidential election the Republican candidate (John McCain) received about 725,000 votes while the Democratic candidate (Barack Obama) received about 555,000 votes. The total voter turnout for the election was about 1,290,000 voters. This is significantly larger than the voter turnout for state primaries such as the primaries for the 2007 Governor election where there was a total of about 650,000 voters, which is almost half the amount of voters that voted in the presidential election. This would support the theory that the state of Mississippi has a larger voter turnout in general elections because voters do not have to vote in affiliation with a party; evidently showing how it is more likely that there are more unaffiliated or independent voters in the state of Mississippi than there are Democratic and Republican voters.Source: http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBookLow/09-Elections/pageflip.html
How does sectionalism play in the 1824 election?
Voters voted based on the regions which they lived rather than based on values.
When does accidental mobilization occur?
interest groups, rather than political parties, mobilize the majority of voters in an election.
How many votes needed to win if 175 voters with 8 candidates?
Winning a majority of the votes means winning more than 50% of the total votes cast. If winning requires a "majority", a candidate needs 88 votes. Winning a plurality of the votes means less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate. If winning requires a "plurality", a candidate needs more votes than any of the other 7 candidates.
How many registered voters?
there are more than 250,000 registered voters (in all 50 states)
How do you get more than half of votes?
When more then half of the voters vote for you.
What percentage of eligible voters voted in the 2010 election?
According to the Washington Post, "Overall, turnout in the midterm elections was projected at 42 percent of registered voters, about 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2006." (It should be noted that even though there was a slightly larger turnout than in 2006, about 58% of voters stayed home.) Also, according to most polls, the makeup of the electorate this time was different: there was a large "enthusiasm gap," such that Republicans voted in larger percentages than Democrats did; also, younger voters decreased, as did minority voters; and older voters, as well as white voters, came out in larger numbers than in 2008. 82.5 million people voted, many of whom were spurred by anger over the lingering recession. But it is worth noting that this number was far fewer than the more than 131 million people who voted in the presidential election of 2008-- generally, presidential elections bring out a much greater number of voters than midterm elections do.
Was the 1800 election more or less important than the 1796 election?
The election of 1800 was more important than the election of 1796. In 1796 George Washington was elected president unopposed. The election of 1800 had several people vying for the presidency.
Is majority more than half?
yes majority means more than half of all voters cast
What is the result of the fact that candidates for congress do not need to win a majority of votes in order to win an election?
Imagine the following scenario: Three candidates, Joe Candidate, Johnny Rep and Bobby Congressman, are running for the same position. Joe and Johnny are as identical as any two people can be, but Bobby is the exact opposite. Therefore, voters who like Joe also like Johnny, voters who like Johnny also like Joe, voters who like Joe or Johnny dislike Bobby, and voters who like Bobby dislike Joe and Johnny. In the election, Bobby gets 36% of the votes, Joe gets 33% of the votes, and Johnny gets 31% of the votes. In the absence of a runoff election, like in the case of a congressional election, Bobby, who is liked by 36% of the voters and disliked by 64% of the voters, wins the election. If an absolute majority of votes (more than half) were required, Bobby and Joe would compete in a runoff election. Everyone who previously voted for Johnny would vote for Joe in the runoff, giving him the win with 64% of the votes.
