Coalition of supporters for each party. Flashcards
Voters
how the following factors are likely to influence voting patterns and why, in relation to one recent presidential election campaign (since 2000) – race, religion, gender and education.
Voters
how the following factors are likely to influence voting patterns and why, in relation to one recent presidential election campaign (since 2000) – race, religion, gender and education.
votes
98.1% of the Presidential election votes go to two major parties in 2020
Independents In Congress
No independent state legislatures in 2020
No independent governors in 2020
Third-party candidates
4.9% of the popular vote (Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson = >3% of the popular vote; Green party’s candidate Jill Stein = 1%)
2016 election and role of 3rd parties
the election was close Trump won in Michigan by around 10.7K votes, while nearly 243K votes went to third-party candidates (Trump cannot win the electoral votes without these states, including Winscoin, Arizona, North Carolina, Florida and Michigan)
White Blue-collar electorates
(working class) tended to vote for Trump in 2016 (67 Trump: 28 Clinton)
In 2020, Trump earned strong Latino support among Cuban and South American communities in Miami-Dade County
Earned 46% of the overall Latino vote in Florida, interpreted as the Latino’s response to the anti-socialist message delivered by the Trump campaign.
vote for Republicans
White, heterosexual, married men, protestant, Mormons, white evangelical, catholic, over 40 years old, no college degree, veterans, family income over $50,000, midwest, and south voters tend to vote for Republicans