Electoral votes are assigned mostly on population. The more populous states get more votes. For example. California get 55 electoral votes; Wyoming gets 3 .
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There were more people who were eligible to vote.Greater efforts were made by political parties to turn out the vote, especially on the frontier.More time , effort and money was spent on the presidential campaigns and that generated greater interest in voting.
In the U.S. Presidential Election of 1960, 49.72% of all popular votes nationwide were cast in favor of John F. Kennedy. His popular vote total was 0.16% greater then Richard Nixon's.
The candidate in the presidential election of 1912 who ran mostly to widen the audience for socialist ideas was Eugene V. Debs. Debs was the nominee for the Socialist Party and advocated for greater equality, workers' rights, and the redistribution of wealth. He sought to present socialist ideas to a broader audience in an attempt to gain support for his platform.
The practice of moving presidential primary elections to the early part of a campaign is called front-loading. It involves states scheduling their primaries or caucuses earlier in the election calendar to have a greater influence on the nomination process and attract more attention from candidates and the media.
There were more people who were eligible to vote.Greater efforts were made by political parties to turn out the vote, especially on the frontier.More time , effort and money was spent on the presidential campaigns and that generated greater interest in voting.
All states do. They simply happen at different times during the year. The earlier ones carry greater weight with the candidates so they get more of the candidates (& there for the media's) attention.
Montreal, Quebec, and the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia. Quebec city is the capital of Quebec and Victoria is the capital of BC.
People voted for him
The primary election date is important to set to see which candidates have the better chance of winning the presidential election and to save the other people their money so they won't waste it on ads and what not when the really have no chance in winning the election and to narrow down the candidates to see which one the Americans really want.
Washington chose not to run again, so this was the first election that began to see the two-party system develop between John Adams (Federalist) and Thomas Jefferson (Republican).