2024 Election has shifted into high gears. The Democratic Party has endorsed VP Kamala Harris as the replacement candidate for President Joe Biden. Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota has been added to the Democratic Party ticket, as VIce Preesidental candidate. Democratic Party National Convention will be held in Chicago from August 19-22.
Apart from the convention, most advertising and campaigning take place in the 8 swing states shown in the last post. But these states only represented less than 22% and 27% of the votes casted in 2016 and 2020 respectively, as shown in the tables below.
For the other 42 states and District of Columbia (DC), there are few signs of election, except on TV. These states have always voted for one party or the others. The parties do not want to waste their resources as their success or otherwise is almost certain.
U.S. presidential election is unique. States take part in electing the president, not the people. The weight of votes is determined by the number of electoral votes in the Electoral College. The number of votes in the Electoral College is based on the number of their senators and congressmen. For this purpose, the District of Columbia, DC, has 3 votes. Each state has two senators and the number of congressmen is determined by their population. This system give advantage to small states. Presently, there are 538 electoral votes and whoever wins 270 electoral votes wins the election.
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