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A swing voter or floating voter is a voter who may not be affiliated with a particular political party (Independent) or who will vote across party lines. In USA politics, many centrists , liberal Republicans , and conservative Democrats are considered "swing voters" since their voting patterns cannot be predicted as easily as voters in 'safe ...
On Election Eve, America is stressed out. Like really. Faced with two radically different candidates and visions for the country's future, voters are girding themselves for the results - and fear ...
The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870 gave African American men the right to vote. The first record of a black man voting after the amendment's adoption was when Thomas Mundy Peterson cast his vote on March 31, 1870 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey in a referendum election, adopting a revised city charter. [19]
Any repeat of the farce of two years ago, when Speaker Kevin McCarthy won after 15 rounds of voting, would be a debacle for Trump and show how his ambitions could plunge through a legislative trap ...
David Tapia, assistant manager of the Washoe County Polling Center in Reno, NV, announces first-time voters to the polling station crowd of voters and presents a certificate on Nov. 5, 2024.
U.S. presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. population. Note the surge in 1828 (extension of suffrage to non-property-owning white men), the drop from 1890 to 1910 (when Southern states disenfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites), and another surge in 1920 (extension of suffrage to women).
American voters are divided in many ways – by gender, by race, by region – and any of these can be used to explain the current state of politics. Why education level has become the best ...
North Dakota passes House Bill 1332 which was targeted at restricting Native American voters. Any voter without a permanent address is no longer eligible to vote. [67] 2016. California allows prisoners in county jail to vote. [65] Maryland restores voting rights to felons after they have served their term in prison. [65] 2017