Pennsylvania has taken part in every U.S. presidential election, correctly voting for the nationwide winner in 47 out of 59 elections, giving a success rate of eighty percent. Since 1828, Pennsylvania has voted for the Democratic nominee in twenty elections, and the Republican Party's nominee in 26 elections (including all but one elections from 1860 to 1932). The only time where Pennsylvania did not vote for a major party candidate was in 1912, where it granted its 38 electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt, who was running as the candidate of the newly-formed Progressive Party. After voting Democrat in all elections between 1992 and 2012, Pennsylvania voted red in 2016, as Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by less than one percent of the popular vote. In 2020, Joe Biden flipped Pennsylvania blue again by 1.2 percent of the popular vote. Pennsylvania proved to be the decisive state in the week following the 2020 election, as the returns of mail in ballots gradually swung the result in Biden's favor, following a strong early showing from Donald Trump; the development of these results eventually signaled that Joe Biden had (provisionally) obtained the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election, leading all major news outlets to declare him the winner.

Pennsylvanians in office Prior to the 2020 election, James Buchanan is the only U.S. president to have been born in the Keystone State. Several other major party nominees have been born in Pennsylvania, including three of the losing candidates who ran between 1864 and 1884. Although he is more commonly associated with Delaware, Joe Biden's victory in 2020 made him the the second U.S. president to have been born in Pennsylvania, having spent the first ten years of his life in Scranton. Biden will, most likely, want to be remembered more favorably than Buchanan, who is consistently ranked as the worst U.S. president in history. Weakening influence From 1804 until 1964, Pennsylvania had the second-highest allocation of electoral votes in every U.S. presidential election (usually behind New York), with the number peaking at 38 electoral votes between 1912 and 1928. Since then, Pennsylvania's allocation of electoral votes has fallen gradually, and is expected to be just 19 votes in the 2024 election; half of what it was one century previously. The reason for this drop in electoral votes is due Pennsylvanians migrating to other parts of the country, while growing populations across the border and Midwestern states has seen a shift in population distribution across the country. Nonetheless, with 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is likely to remain one of the most valuable battleground states in future elections.

The New York Times and CBS News were equal partners in a series of election surveys covering the 1980 election year. The content of this data collection generally concerns the presidential preference of respondents, their reasons for choosing a particular candidate, and their reactions to political and social issues of the campaign. There are 28 datasets in the collection, which fall into three categories: national monthly surveys, primary day surveys, and the election day survey. Parts 1-12 contain national monthly surveys that were conducted by telephone, with approximately 1,500 randomly selected adults in each. Surveys were conducted in January, February, March, April, June, August, September, and October. Two telephone surveys were conducted in September, a pre-debate survey and a post-debate survey. Also, two surveys were conducted in October. A post-election survey was conducted in the days following the election. For the post-election survey, the respondents in Part 11, October Pre-Election National Interviews, were reinterviewed. The post-election survey is released as a panel file and incorporates Part 11 responses as well. Parts 13-27 contain primary day surveys that were conducted in 11 states on the day of the primary at the polling place among a random sample of people who had just voted in either the Democratic or Republican presidential primaries. The questionnaires were self-administered. Surveys were conducted in the following states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, and Ohio. There are separate data files for the Democratic and Republican primaries in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Demographic information including age, sex, income, race, ethnicity, and occupation is provided for all respondents in Parts 1-27. Part 28 contains a survey conducted on the day of the presidential election. A national sample of voters was administered a questionnaire similar to those given on primary day. Selected voters were asked for whom they had voted and why. Information on time of voting and respondent's sex and race was filled out by the interviewer.

The Record of American Democracy (ROAD) data provide election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic details about the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation. The NSF-supported ROAD project spans every state in the country from 1984 through 1990 (including some off-year elections). These data enable research on topics such as electoral behavior, the political characteristics of local community context, electoral geography, the role of minority groups in elections and legislative redistricting, split ticket voting and divided government, and elections under federalism. Another set of files has added to these roughly 30-40 political variables an additional 3,725 variables merged from the 1990 United States Census for 47,327 aggregate units called MCD Groups. The MCD Group is a construct for purposes of this data collection. It is based on a merging of the electoral precincts and Census Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs). An MCD is about the size of a city or town. An MCD Group is smaller than or equal to a county and (except in California) is greater than or equal to the size of an MCD. The MCD Group units completely tile the United States landmass. This particular study contains the files for the State Level MCD Group Data for the state of Pennsylvania. Documentation and frequently asked questions are available online at the ROAD Website. A downloadable PDF codebook is also available in the files section of this study.

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Democratic candidate John Fetterman was the top fundraiser in the run up to the Pennsylvania primary elections for United States Senate, raising over ** million dollars. His general election challenger, Mehmet Oz, raised over ** million U.S. dollars. John Fetterman won the general election for the Pennsylvania Senate seat.In American politics, a battleground or swing state is any state that could reasonably be won by either Democratic or Republican party by a swing in votes from one party to the other.

Exit polls from the 2022 midterm election for the open U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, show that Black voters were much more likely to vote for Democratic candidate John Fetterman over Mehmet Oz. Oz won over white voters, with an estimated ** percent casting their vote for the Republican candidate. The race in Pennsylvania was a key race that helped Democrats secure a majority in the U.S. Senate, flipping from red to blue after Republican Senator Pat Toomey announced his retirement.

Democratic candidate Matthew Cartwright was the top fundraiser leading up to the primary elections in Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district and the only candidate to raise over a million dollars. Cartwright is the incumbent candidate serving in the House of Representatives. Each Republican candidate raised at least ******* U.S dollars. Jim Bognet was the highest Republican fundraiser, and the winner of the Republican primary. Bognet will face Cartwright in the midterm general election scheduled for November 8, 2022.In American politics, a battleground or swing state is any state that could reasonably be won by either Democratic or Republican party by a swing in votes from one party to the other.

Based on an evaluation of political advertising spending on Google, the state of California had the highest political expenditure at *** million U.S. dollars between May 31, 2018, and October 22, 2024. The second-highest spending belonged to Pennsylvania, at *** million dollars devoted to Google ads during the same period. Political advertising in the U.S. Political advertising allows candidates to promote themselves and convey their message to millions of prospective voters. By running ads on television, radio, print media, or the internet, politicians can reach large audiences and potentially impact the outcome of an election, making advertising an indispensable tool in the political playbook. As for the United States, where political campaigns have been highly publicized in recent years, political advertising spending is forecast to reach a new peak in 2024. Looking at the distribution of spending by region, Florida emerged as the U.S. state with the highest TV advertising spending during the 2020 presidential campaign. This could be explained by the fact that Florida ranks third for the number of Electoral votes alongside New York. Political campaigns adapt to a digitalized world While traditional media formats such as television remain popular platforms for political promotion, digital channels are seeing the sharpest increase in usage. Between the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, U.S. digital ad spend on political campaigns has more than doubled, amounting to an estimated **** billion U.S. dollars in 2020. That year, Biden for President was the largest political advertiser on Google, as well as the leading political advertiser on Facebook as of October. Seeing how political candidates spend larger sums on Facebook ads than ever, there is no debate whether social media has become a game-changer for political advertising or not.

Advertising spend for the 2022 gubernatorial elections in Illinois amounted to nearly **** million U.S. dollars as of March. The state has recorded so far the highest political ad spending for the U.S. gubernatorial elections in the 2022 cycle. Pennsylvania registered the second highest ad spend: Approximately ** million U.S. dollars were invested in political campaigns for the state's governor race.

Democratic candidate Susan Wild was the top fundraiser leading up to the primary elections in Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district and was the only candidate to raise over *********** dollars. Wild is the current incumbent candidate serving in the House of Representatives. Republican candidate Lisa Scheller raised nearly *********** dollars and will face Wild in the midterm general election scheduled for ****************.In American politics, a battleground or swing state is any state that could reasonably be won by either Democratic or Republican party by a swing in votes from one party to the other.