Tag: voting power
Are Democrats Losing their Mojo?
The Divided Electorate
Democrats lost their “mojo” back in the 1980’s when their share of registered voters plummeted from 50 to 30 percent. They had a small resurgence during the Trump presidency. Although Trumpism and MAGA extremism appears to have driven some voters away from the Republican Party initially, the longer term impact is not clear. … Read the rest
2022 Mid-Term Election Turnout-Should I be happy?
Now that the dust has settled and more data are available, we find voter turnout for the 2022 mid-term elections was mixed for Democrats. This leaves things very wide open for 2024.
The Importance of Turnout
The media puts a great deal of emphasis on voter turnout as a key element in determining the outcome of elections. … Read the rest
A Dangerous Man: Donald Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the Election
The Assault on our Democracy
Since his election four years ago, Donald Trump has taken repeated actions that undermine our democracy. When Congress has not supported his policies, he has turned to using executive orders to get around this intended check on presidential power.… Read the rest
2020 Elections: The Three States that Matter
Where to get 38 electoral votes?
Trump beat Clinton 306 to 232 or by 74 electoral votes. The Democrats need to flip 38 votes in 2020 to win. The most promising strategy for obtaining the needed votes resides with three battleground states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. … Read the rest
The Failure of the Electoral College
What is the Electoral College?
In the US we do not directly elect the president but rather the populace elects a slate of electors. In every state but Maine and Nebraska, the candidate who wins the most votes in the state gets all of the state’s electoral votes.… Read the rest
The Northern Strategy for 2020
One strategy the Democrats will likely pursue is “the northern strategy” of targeting Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. If the Democrats do as well in 2020 as they did in the 2018 mid-terms, they should win these states for the Presidency (Statesinplay). … Read the rest
Tyranny of the Minority: the power of white people from the mid-west
The founding fathers sought to balance power among the state so that no large state could impose its will on the others. As a result, the Constitution gives excess power to rural states, which given how demographics trends have evolved over the years, tend to be white, Republican, and conservative. … Read the rest
The Voting Power Gap-Winners and Losers in the House
If you live in Rhode Island’s your vote in the House is worth nearly twice (1.90% more) that of someone who lives in Montana.
The number of Congressman a state is supposed to be proportional to its populations. But it does not exactly turn out that way in practice. … Read the rest
Not So Representative Democracy
If you live in California, your vote in the Senate is worth about 1.5 percent of the vote of someone who lives in Wyoming.
California’s population at 39,536,653 is 68 time greater than Wyoming’s at 579,315. Is this extraordinary difference in voting power what our founding father’s intended? … Read the rest