In the 2020 presidential election, 158 million Americans turned out to vote.
But only 42 million of those votes really mattered in deciding who won the White House.
That’s because those 42 million votes came from eight competitive “swing states,” where the winning margin for Trump or Biden was under 5 percent. The other 116 million votes came from states that weren’t competitive at all. Watching the election returns in many of these states was like watching a game between the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals. (Biden won D.C. by 87 percentage points and Vermont by 35, while Trump won Wyoming by 43 and West Virginia by 39).
If you have been thinking there seems to be fewer and fewer swing states in recent elections, you’d be right.
If 2024 is just a Trump-Biden rematch, some observers believe only four states (Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Wisconsin) will be truly competitive.
But what if a No Labels Unity ticket were in the mix for 2024?
That would change the map entirely.
According to No Labels’ extensive polling and modeling, a No Labels Unity ticket has a viable path to an Electoral College victory in 25 states and an outside shot in 13 more states. Only 13 states would be sure bets for the Democratic or Republican nominees.
With a No Labels ticket, classic red states, like Florida and Texas, would be back in play as would reliably blue states, like Illinois and Washington.
We want to know what you think. Do you think your state will be competitive in the 2024 presidential election?
Once again, candidates would actually have to compete for the votes of every American, not just a few from a few states.
It’s just one more reason why the time has come for Americans to have another choice on the ballot in 2024. And No Labels is here to make sure that your vote matters.
Of course, my vote matters. It matters to me!!!
I absolutely believe that my vote matters in every election. While it's true that our political landscape can be polarized and frustrating, our democracy is built on the principle that every voice counts. Even in a system where it sometimes feels like divisions are deep, voting remains a powerful way for me to express my values and shape the direction of our country. It's not just a right; it's a responsibility to participate and make our collective voice heard.
As I live in Texas, my No Labels vote wouldn't swing Texas to a non Republican candidate but I will show my discontent for a bad Republican candidate.
With a 2 party system, people are loyal to a party and not to a person. Lately we have only had bad choices based on money that pushes politicians to the forefront. Good candidates simply cant afford to compete and therefore we are forced to vote for the lessor of 2 evils. We must change this pattern and convince the American public that its the person running for office that matters and not the politcal party they are in.
Voting is the most important action we can take on behalf of democracy.
Hey everyone...Looking forward to changing the arc of the moral universe with each of you.
Actually a DEPENDS option is what I was looking for. Face it, the bigger the election, the less it matters in most states. A Democrat in South Carolina and a Republican in California are pretty much just making a point when it comes to a presidential vote, or even gubernatorial or senate races. For state assembly, yes, it matters a lot more. And for city council or school board, it matters a lot. That answer changes if NL is on the ballot. If it's a three way race, 34% wins the state. Then every single vote counts.
In every election I vote in I feel my vote counts except a Presidential election.
I always feel as if my vote for President doesn't carry as much weight as other elections because of the Electoral College.
If a majority of Americans voted for one candidate and won the popular vote by millions of votes but looses because it goes by how many Electoral votes you got. Doesn't seem to me that my vote then really mattered.
We are the only country, that has elections for President or Prime Minister, where the person who wins the popular vote doesn't actually win the election.
Today there are forces well beyond normal channels like congressional oversight, watch dog organizations, etc.
What is happening and I can prove this, is the technology transfer protocols in voting machines. All of them. Each major election will be determined not by the people but by the technocracy controling the machines we use. Look no further than the last election where Biden received 80k votes out of nowhere which clinched the DELEGATES vote.
Imagine if pure votes where used per state Trump would have won because he clinched those votes per state not DELEGATE.
The BIAS in the voting system is become quite sad where no real good can come from that bias. It's become a CONTROL. My book "Deep Calls to the Deep" by James Boyd Fuller explains the programming and who is paid off to allow it.
Georgia was decided by 11k votes. We don't know which 11k ballots those were so every vote for Joe Biden mattered. With so many similar races across the country for offices big and small I no longer think it doesn't matter. Every single vote matters when put them together with hundreds/ thousands/ millions of other votes.