Maine recently enacted a new voting system – moving from the traditional plurality, where the candidate with the most votes wins, to a rank-choice process, under which a candidate must win a majority before they can win the election. Under the use of the new system, a House seat in…
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Tight races in Florida elections lead to recounts, accusations of voter fraud
The competitive election races in Florida have finally been called. Republican Ron DeSantis will be the next governor of Florida, and outgoing Republican Governor Rick Scott will replace incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in the U.S. Senate. These results follow a tumultuous series of events beginning election day Nov. 6.…
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Midterm Election Review: Results in Missouri and Kansas
The 2018 midterms were atypical for several reasons – not only were they the most expensive midterm elections in United States history but voter numbers were record-high as the Democrats took the House and the Republicans retained control of the Senate. Locally several ballot initiatives were passed, records were broken…
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Midterm Election Review: National trends
The 2018 Midterm elections took place across the nation Nov. 6. In the election 35 U.S. Senate seats, all 435 U.S. House of Representative seats and 36 governorships, as well as thousands of state legislature seats were on the ballot. In the Senate, Republicans maintained and expanded their majority, with…
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SNL’s position in our political entertainment sphere, a review
Predictably, Saturday Night Live (SNL) had an opinion on midterms – and just as predictably, this opinion tries to balance appealing to both the left and the right. While some jokes land fairly liberal, much of this past weekend’s episode vocally attempted to stand outside party lines. The latest episode…
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Low voter turnout and gerrymandering affecting midterm elections
As the United States prepares for the looming midterm election Nov. 6, it is important to look at who will be voting. Midterm elections are known for their usual low turn out, so those voters who do choose to exercise their democratic duty may very well have an outsized effect…
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