Michigan
Biden Wins Presidency With Record-Tying Low of Four Midwestern States
Overall even victorious Democratic nominees have barely carried a majority of states in the 12-state region.
Read MoreHow Many Midwestern States Does the 2020 Democratic Nominee Need to Carry to Win the Presidency?
Democratic nominees have won the White House in every cycle since the formation of the Republican Party in which they carried at least half of the region’s states.
Read MoreJustin Amash and a Review of Non-Major Party Michigan US House Candidacies
Only two third party or independent candidates to the chamber have won 10 percent of the vote over the last 100 years from the Wolverine State.
Read MoreHow Many States Will Split Their Presidential and US Senate Vote in 2020?
The 2016 cycle was the first in history in which no state saw its voters split its ticket for these two offices.
Read MoreMidwestern Naysayers: Which States Are Least Likely to Elect US Senators from the President’s Party?
Each of the Top 5 and eight of the Top 10 states which have most frequently elected U.S. Senators from a party other than the sitting president are located in the Midwest; five host contests in 2018.
Read MoreWill There Be a Record Number of Woman vs Woman US Senate Matchups in 2018?
There is a good chance as many as six states could have two female major party nominees for the office – doubling the previous record for an election cycle.
Read More2020 Midwestern Reapportionment Preview
The 12-state region will see its collective delegation decrease in size for the 10th consecutive decade, although at its lowest rate in a half-century.
Read MoreJill Stein and the 2016 Popular Vote Revisited
The numbers do not add up to support the claim that Russian efforts to sour voters on Hillary Clinton and vote for Stein flipped three key states to Trump.
Read MoreDemocrats and Republicans Currently Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 28 States
Only one region of the country is regularly seeing both parties win U.S. Senate seats in the vast majority of its states.
Read MoreWhere Are All the Senate Bids by GOP US Representatives?
Only one of the 73 Republican U.S. House members from Trump states with Democratic US Senators on the 2018 ballot has mounted a challenge.
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