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Cook PVIs are calculated by comparing a state's average Democratic Party or Republican Party share of the two-party presidential vote in the past two presidential elections to the nation's average share of the same. PVIs for the states over time can be used to show the trends of U.S. states towards, or away from, one party or the other. [4]
Historically, Illinois was a critical swing state leaning marginally towards the Republican Party. [3] Between its admission into the Union and 1996, it voted for the losing candidate just six times - in 1824, 1840, 1848, 1884, 1916, and 1976.
The 2024 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2024, for 85 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states , approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump continues to ride a wave of popularity with recent polling. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker downplays those numbers. Trump won the popular vote and the ...
It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats. [1] [2] For most of its history, Illinois was widely considered to be a swing state, voting for the winner of all but two presidential elections in the 20th century.
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
In the United States, 15 counties or county equivalents have never voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in their history, while 5 have never voted for the Republican nominee. [1] In recent decades, the number of electorally competitive counties has decreased, with most counties now consistently favoring one political party over the ...
In 2018, gun control advocates Everytown posted on Twitter, now X, that "’Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ would force every state to accept other states' concealed carry standards, even states ...