There are 435 members of the House of Representatives in any congressional sitting. In the 118th Congress which began in January 2023, there were 58 Black members, 16 Asian American members, 54 Hispanic members.

According to exit polls from the 2022 midterm election, Republicans won over white voters of both genders in races for the House of Representatives. Black women were the most likely to vote for Democratic candidates in the House of Representatives, with 88 percent saying they voted for a Democrat.

In the 2024 election cycle, almost 94 percent of races in the House of Representatives were won by the top spending candidate. In comparison, about 88 percent of Senate races were won by candidates with the highest spending. Although there has been a bit of fluctuation, these numbers have stayed relatively consistent since 2000.

This web map displays data from the voter registration database as the percent of registered voters by census tract in King County, Washington. The data for this web map is compiled from King County Elections voter registration data for the years 2013-2019. The total number of registered voters is based on the geo-location of the voter's registered address at the time of the general election for each year. The eligible voting population, age 18 and over, is based on the estimated population increase from the US Census Bureau and the Washington Office of Financial Management and was calculated as a projected 6 percent population increase for the years 2010-2013, 7 percent population increase for the years 2010-2014, 9 percent population increase for the years 2010-2015, 11 percent population increase for the years 2010-2016 & 2017, 14 percent population increase for the years 2010-2018 and 17 percent population increase for the years 2010-2019. The total population 18 and over in 2010 was 1,517,747 in King County, Washington. The percentage of registered voters represents the number of people who are registered to vote as compared to the eligible voting population, age 18 and over. The voter registration data by census tract was grouped into six percentage range estimates: 50% or below, 51-60%, 61-70%, 71-80%, 81-90% and 91% or above with an overall 84 percent registration rate. In the map the lighter colors represent a relatively low percentage range of voter registration and the darker colors represent a relatively high percentage range of voter registration. PDF maps of these data can be viewed at King County Elections downloadable voter registration maps. The 2019 General Election Voter Turnout layer is voter turnout data by historical precinct boundaries for the corresponding year. The data is grouped into six percentage ranges: 0-30%, 31-40%, 41-50% 51-60%, 61-70%, and 71-100%. The lighter colors represent lower turnout and the darker colors represent higher turnout. The King County Demographics Layer is census data for language, income, poverty, race and ethnicity at the census tract level and is based on the 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5 year Average provided by the United States Census Bureau. Since the data is based on a survey, they are considered to be estimates and should be used with that understanding. The demographic data sets were developed and are maintained by King County Staff to support the King County Equity and Social Justice program. Other data for this map is located in the King County GIS Spatial Data Catalog, where data is managed by the King County GIS Center, a multi-department enterprise GIS in King County, Washington. King County has nearly 1.3 million registered voters and is the largest jurisdiction in the United States to conduct all elections by mail. In the map you can view the percent of registered voters by census tract, compare registration within political districts, compare registration and demographic data, verify your voter registration or register to vote through a link to the VoteWA, Washington State Online Voter Registration web page.

Percentage of people who voted in the last federal, provincial and municipal elections, by groups designated as visible minorities and selected sociodemographic characteristics (age group, gender, immigrant status, generation status, first official language spoken and highest certificate, diploma or degree).

The 1960 US presidential election was the first to take place in all fifty states (although not Washington DC), and the first time where the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution prevented the incumbent president from running for a third term in office. The race was contested between John F. Kennedy of the Democratic Party, and incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon of the Republican Party. Kennedy defeated future-President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Democratic National Convention and asked Johnson to serve as his running mate, while Nixon won the Republican nomination comfortably, despite an early challenge from Nelson Rockefeller. This campaign is also notable for being the first to use televised debates between the candidates, including one that used split-screen technology, allowing the candidates to speak live from opposite sides of the country.

Campaign

Early in the campaign, both candidates were vibrant and charismatic, and garnered a loyal follower base. Kennedy spent most of his campaign criticizing the previous administration for falling behind the Soviet Union in terms of the military, economy and the space race, while Nixon highlighted the achievements made by Eisenhower's administration, and promised to build on them. Most historians agree that Kennedy's campaign was more structured and used better tactics than Nixon's, by canvassing heavily in swing states and districts instead of giving equal attention to all parts of the country (as Nixon did), with Kennedy focusing on metropolitan areas while Johnson canvassed in the south. Nixon's campaign was also more prone to mistakes, such as not preparing and refusing make-up for televised debates (making him look ill), while his running mate promised to elect African-Americans to the cabinet, however this just alienated black voters who were ambivalent in their reaction. Kennedy's connection with Martin Luther King Jr. also helped him to take a much larger share of the black vote than his opponent.

Results and Controversy

The popular vote was split by fewer than 120,000 out of seventy million votes. Kennedy took 49.7 percent of the popular vote, while Nixon took 49.5 percent. Nixon, however took more states than Kennedy, carrying 26 to Kennedy's 22, but Kennedy's tactical campaigning paid off, as his 22 states returned 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219. Unpledged Democratic electors in the south gave 15 electoral votes to Harry F. Byrd, as they opposed Kennedy's stance on civil rights. Due to the close nature of the results, many Republicans called for recounts and accused the Kennedy campaign of cheating or committing voter fraud. For example, they highlighted that more votes were cast in certain districts of Texas (Johnson's home state) than the number of registered voters, and when Nixon lost Illinois despite winning 92 out of 101 counties, many suggested a link between the Kennedy campaign and organized crime syndicates in Chicago. These claims have subsequently been proven to be false, and historians generally agree that Kennedy's campaigning methods and Nixon's wastefulness won Kennedy the election. John F. Kennedy was subsequently named the 35th President of the United States, and is remembered favorably as one of the most popular and charismatic leaders in US history. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, less than three years into his first term, and was succeeded by his Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson.

According to exit polling in ten key states of the 2024 presidential election in the United States, 53 percent of surveyed women reported voting for Kamala Harris. In the race to become the next President of the United States, 55 percent of men reported voting for Donald Trump.

According to exit polling in the 2020 Presidential Election in the United States, 57 percent of surveyed voters with a union member in their household reported voting for former Vice President Joe Biden. In the race to become the next president of the United States, 48 percent of voters without a union member in their household reported voting for incumbent President Donald Trump.

According to results on November 6, 2024, former President Donald Trump had received 277 Electoral College votes in the race to become the next President of the United States, securing him the presidency. With all states counted, Trump received a total of 312 electoral votes.

Candidates need 270 votes to become the next President of the United States.

According to exit polls from the 2022 midterm election, voters who saw crime as the most important issue were more likely to vote for Republican candidates in the House of Representatives races. 57 percent of voters who said crime was the most important issue to their vote cast their vote for Republican candidates. Conversely, voters who prioritized abortion were more likely to vote for Democratic candidates. The midterm elections were held on November 8th, 2022.

According to exit polls from the 2022 midterm election, 96 percent of both Republicans and Democrats voted for members of their own party in races for the House or Representatives. More independent voters voted for Democrats than Republicans.

The 1976 US presidential election was contested between incumbent President Gerald R. Ford of the Republican Party, and Jimmy Carter of the Democratic Party. The election came two years after the resignation of Richard Nixon, which saw Ford ascend to the presidency in 1974, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. Following the resignation of Nixon's running mate, Spiro Agnew (who resigned as part of a corruption scandal relating to illegal activities while he was Governor of Maryland, and was not implicated in the Watergate scandal), Ford ascended to the vice presidency under the 25th Amendment in 1973, making him the only President in US history who was not elected to national office. Campaign Carter was the unexpected victor in the Democratic Primary, and was relatively unknown outside of Virginia at the beginning of the race. Carter used his position as a centrist and Washington outsider to his advantage in the wake of the Watergate scandal, which garnered him a lot of support from disenfranchised supporters on both sides. Carter's Democratic opponents eventually cancelled one another out, with Carter eventually emerging as the winner and as the favorite to take the presidency. President Ford however faced some stiff competition from future President Ronald Reagan, who Ford defeated narrowly in the first Republican Primary. Although Carter was the favorite going into the race, Ford was able to use his position as commander-in-chief to present himself as an experienced statesman, overseeing the United States Bicentennial celebrations two hundred years after the nation's independence. Carter claimed to be "untainted" by corruption in Washington DC, while Ford, despite having nothing to do with Watergate, was seen as having close ties to Nixon's corruption. Ford's presidential pardon of Nixon, and his refusal to explain this decision also damaged his reputation going into the race, however polls were relatively even come election day. Results Carter carried 23 states and Washington DC, while Ford won a majority in 27 states (the most ever by a losing candidate), however Carter's states gave him over 55 percent of the electoral vote, making him the 39th President of the United States. In the popular vote, Carter won just over fifty percent of the vote, while Ford took 48 percent. The remainder of the popular votes were split among numerous third party candidates, with the independent Eugene J. McCarthy (who was also a former Democratic vice presidential nominee) taking the largest share of these votes. One faithless elector from Washington state cast an electoral vote for Ronald Reagan.

New York has taken part in all U.S. presidential elections since 1792, and has cast the majority of its electoral votes for the nationwide winner in 47 elections, giving a success rate of 81 percent. New York has generally voted for the more liberal candidate in U.S. elections, and has been a safe Democratic state since the 1988 election. In the 2020 election, New York was a comfortable win for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who carried the state by a 23 percent margin; however, the native New Yorker, Donald Trump, won in several of New York's more rural districts with around seventy percent of their popular vote, showing a stark contrast between urban and rural districts. Presidents from the Empire State A total of five U.S. presidents were born in New York; these were Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald Trump. These five men ran for president in eleven different elections, and carried their home state in six elections; Donald Trump is the only New Yorker to have won the election without carrying his home state. Several other losing candidates have carried their home state, with the most recent being Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 (both held public office in New York, but were born elsewhere).

Declining significance Throughout most of U.S. history, New York was the most populous state, and therefore had the largest share of electoral votes. This began in the 1812 election, where New York had 29 electoral votes; the allocation then fluctuated throughout the rest of the 1800s and early 1900s, peaking at 47 votes in the 1930s and 1940s. Since the 1950s, however, New York's allocation of electoral votes has gradually declined, and it was overtaken by California in the 1972 election, and then Texas in 2004. This is due to differing population growth rates across various regions of the U.S., as growth rates along the southern border tend to be much higher than in states along the east coast. In the 2020 election, New York's allocation of electoral votes is 29; this is expected to fall again to 28 votes in the 2024 election, where it will likely be overtaken by Florida as the third-most populous state.