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Here are the top stories from the week of December 14 - December 18.
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** A LOOK AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TURNOUT IN THE NATION’S 206 PIVOT COUNTIES
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We continue to analyze this year’s election results from Pivot Counties—the 206 counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Turnout in Pivot Counties was 68.9%, 0.3 percentage points lower than the national rate of 69.25%.
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** CHOCOLATE CHIP, SUGAR COOKIES HEAD TO RUNOFF
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No cookie won outright in the election for Official Holiday Cookie. Now the top two finishers, Chocolate Chip, with 18.7% of the vote, and Sugar Cookie, with 16.4% of the vote, are in a runoff election. Vote today!
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** FIVE STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE SWITCHED PARTIES SINCE NOV. 3
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Our historical tracking of party switches shows it's common for politicians to change their partisan affiliations after an election. After Nov. 3, three state legislators switched from Democrat to independent, one from Republican to Libertarian, and one from Democrat to Republican.
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** 2020'S VOTER TURNOUT INCREASED BALLOT INITIATIVE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS IN 10 STATES
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The number of votes cast in one year changes the number of signatures ballot initiative proponents must collect in a subsequent election year. Among the 10 states, ballot measure signature requirement increases varied from 7.4% to 44.2%.
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** ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
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The Electoral College met on December 14, 2020, to cast their votes for president and vice president of the United States. The final tally was 306 electoral votes for former Vice President Joe Biden (D) and 232 electoral votes for President Donald Trump (R).
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