Another way to look at why states are ignored in presidential elections is to see which states consistently vote for one party or the other. This table shows that 16 states voted Democratic and 22 states voted Republican in all five presidential elections from — Because of the winner-take-all approach that states use to assign their electoral votes, these states, plus some of the others, are almost certain to deliver all their electoral votes to one candidate or the other, and therefore are ignored by the candidates.
Note: The number of electoral votes shown are for , , and elections. DC is counted as a state for purposes of this chart. The second column shows the total number of general-election campaign events for each state out of a nationwide total of Only 8 states received more than a handful of campaign events.
Only 1 of the 13 smallest states with 3 or 4 electoral votes received any of the general-election campaign events, namely the closely divided battleground state of New Hampshire. All the other states in this group were ignored.
Only 3 of the 25 smallest states with 7 or fewer electoral votes received any of the general-election campaign events. All the other small states were ignored. The 3 states that received attention were the closely divided battleground states of New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada. The fourth column in the table shows donations from each state scroll the table left to see all the columns.
In , there were general-election campaign events. Notes: 1 Trump percentage is of the two-party vote 2 Population is from census. Only 2 of the 13 smallest states with 3 or 4 electoral votes received any of the general-election campaign events. New Hampshire received 21 because it was a closely divided battleground state. Maine which awards electoral votes by congressional district received 3 campaign events because its 2nd congressional district was closely divided and, indeed, Trump carried it.
Only 9 of the 25 smallest states with 7 or fewer electoral votes received any general-election campaign events. New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada received attention because they were closely divided battleground states. Maine and Nebraska which award electoral votes by congressional district received some attention since just one of their congressional districts was closely divided.
New Mexico received some attention from the Republican campaign only because former New Mexico Governor Johnson was running for President and it appeared his strong home-state support might make the state competitive.
Utah received some attention from Republicans because the McMullin candidacy might have made the state competitive. Connecticut and Mississippi also received one campaign event. All the other small states in this group were ignored. Campaign events in Here's a map of the United States with state sizes based on the number of campaign events in Campaign events in This is how the US map looks with state sizes based on the number of campaign events in missing states received no campaign events : State sizes based on campaign events in State winner-take-all statutes adversely affect governance.
Learn More Click on any of the topics below to learn more. These winner-take-all laws are state laws—they are not part of the U. The winner-take-all method of choosing presidential electors was never debated by the Constitutional Convention or mentioned in the Federalist Papers.
Only three states had winner-take-all laws in the first presidential election in , and all three repealed them by In , electors were chosen from congressional districts in Massachusetts, from special presidential-elector districts in Virginia, and by counties in Delaware. Nebraska distributes its electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from its three Congressional districts.
For only the second time since adopting this system, Nebraska's five electoral votes were split between the two major party tickets. Click on the number of electoral votes for each state to see its Certificate of Vote. Trump, of Florida Kamala D. The numbers update throughout election night, as more data on voter turnout becomes available.
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