presidential elections 5.1 Flashcards
what was so suprising about joe bide’s performance in the 2020 nomination race
- did poor in Iowa and New Hampshire
- won 9 states in super tuesday though
in three months, how many visits did the 4 main contestants make to the 7 key swing states
over 200
how much money did Kamala Harris and affiliated super pacs spend on their campaign 2024
over $1.6 billion
how much money did Trump and affiliated super pacs spend on their campaign 2024
$1 billion
how many people voted for trump in california
over 6 million = votes don’t matter
how many states hosted no official campaign events
33
what percentage of official campaign events were hosted in the swing states 2024 (and what percentage of people live in these swing states)
94% (despite holding 18% of population)
how many ECV did bush win in 2000
271
how much did Al Gore win the popular vote by
500 000
how many ECV votes did Trump win compared to his popular vote
ECV
- TRUMP = 304
- HILLARY = 227
(clinton won 51% of popular vote, nearly 3 million votes majority)
what percentage of the popular vote did Bill Clinton win compared to his ECV votes (1992)
- 43% of popular vote
- 69% of ECVs
what percentage of the popular vote did Ross Perot win compared to his ECV votes (1992)
- 19% of popular vote
- 0% of ECVs
who were the highest super pac spenders and what do they stand for (how much did they spend)
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND:
- maintain republican senate majority
- spent $295 million in 2020
how much was spent in 2020 election compared to 2024 election (total from two parties)
2020 - $15.2 billion
2024 - $15.9 billion
during primary season how mcuh was spent on advertising in the first three months
$72 million
how much more money did super pacs spend on harris than on trump
$600 million
what percenatge of Obama’s donors gave him less than $100
90%
what was the approval rating of trump atfer covid 19
38%
in 2000, who was the secret assassin who sniped al gore’s victory
- Ralph Nader
- green party
- won over 97000 votes = benefiting bush
out of the 51% of people who approved of the decision of going to war, how many voted for bush
85%
out of the 45% of people who didn’t approve the decision of going to war, how many voted for john kerry
87%
how much was spent on the georgia senate race 2020
$500 million
how much money was used in 2024 UK general election
£15 million = donated to parties
what as a labour poster which attacked rishi sunak’s position of sex offenders
- rishi sunak did not believe that adults convicted of sexual assaulting children should go to prison (HUH?!?!?)
