Politics

Comparing the Early voting data as compared to the 2020 General Election Democrat and Republican votes data based on the county based on on Nov 1st 2020 data published.

Here is the latest list of the Battle Ground States Early Mail in Votes count. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The number of counties won by Democrat & Republican presidential candidates in key 2020 battle ground states since 2000 to 2016 presidential general elections gives insight into the effort needed by each party to win the elections.  Based on the data the Democrats almost always just need to win  1/5th the number of counties to carry the elections like in 2008 and 2012, while the Republicans have to put an effort to win 5/6th's  of the county. --------------------------------------------------

Democrat County Win Count since 2000 in IA, MI,MN,NC,PA,WI

Richard M. Burr received 2.4M (51.1 %) votes, beating Deborah Ross who gained 2.1M (45.4 %) by 267.2k votes in North Carolina.

Senator Sanders Senator Bernie Sanders in 34 states got less votes than in 2016 (12,780,624) than 2020 (9,787,836)  getting close to 3M (2,992,788)

Vice President Joe Biden performed better than Mrs. Hillary Clinton in 26 states by 3.5M (3,547,572) votes, getting 10.8M (10,811,171)  over 7.3M (7,263,599) which is a 32% increase.  When taking all 39 states where these 2 candidates primary performance can be compared,  V.P Biden, reduced his lead to 2.6M(2,572,056) getting 19M (19,102,132) to Mrs. Clintons 16.5M(16,530,076). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage Difference State By St

A comparison of the top 5 counties in the 2016 general elections with respect to its contribution towards their popular vote.

Phil Scott received 151.3k (55.4 %) votes, beating Christine Hallquist who gained 110.3k (40.4 %) by 40.9k votes in Vermont.

Janet Mills received 321k (50.9 %) votes, beating Shawn Moody who gained 272.3k (43.2 %) by 48.7k votes in Maine.

Jared Polis received 1.3M (53.4 %) votes, beating Walker Stapleton who gained 1.1M (42.8 %) by 268.1k votes in Colorado.

Ned Lamont received 694.5k (49.4 %) votes, beating Bob Stefanowski who gained 650.1k (46.2 %) by 44.4k votes in Connecticut.