POLS 1336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Fox News
30 Oct 2016
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*gerald has the best political ad of 2016. The last time texas voted blue (pres. election) was 1976 (jimmy carter) Polling in outskirts in ohio (2008) was off, obama won. Hispanics are one of the least likely groups to go out and vote: many hispanics early voted in florida (swing state, every polling agency has a different take. Group of people from each state that elect the pres/vp. 538 electors in each election since 1964 (all 50 states + washington. D. c. : 270 is the magic number, house of representatives (435) Based on population size: senate (100, washington d. c. (3, tx has 38 votes, bush (2000) and obama (2012) via the electoral college, 11 states have enough votes combined that would outnumber the other 39. Some say that the system is unfair. Others say this system helps small states. In a tight election, these states will matter.
