Our favorite outlaws are at it again!
Election 2024 Results (Final)
Kamala Harris (D)
Electors: 226
California (54)
Colorado (10)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
D.C. (3)
Hawaii (4)
Illinois (19)
Maine (3) (split)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (11)
Minnesota (10)
Nebraska (1) (split)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (14)
New Mexico (5)
New York (28)
Oregon (8)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (12)
Donald Trump (R)
Electors: 312
Alabama (9)
Alaska (3)
Arizona (11)
Arkansas (6)
Florida (30)
Georgia (16)
Idaho (4)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (6)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Maine (1) (split)
Michigan (15)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (10)
Montana (4)
Nebraska (4) (split)
Nevada (6)
North Carolina (16)
North Dakota (3)
Ohio (17)
Oklahoma (7)
Pennsylvania (19)
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (40)
Utah (6)
West Virginia (4)
Wisconsin (10)
Wyoming (3)
U.S. President (VA) | |
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Claudia De la Cruz (I): | 0.19% |
Kamala Harris (D): | 51.83% |
Chase Oliver (L): | 0.44% |
Jill Stein (G): | 0.77% |
Donald Trump (R): | 46.05% |
Cornel West (I): | 0.20% |
Other: | 0.52% |
U.S. Senate, VA | |
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Hung Cao (R): | 45.44% |
Tim Kaine (D): | 54.37% |
Other: | 0.19% |
U.S. House, VA 10th | |
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Mike Clancy (R): | 47.54% |
Suhas Subramanyam (D): | 52.09% |
Other: | 0.37% |
VA Tax Amendment | |
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Yes: | 93.03% |
No: | 6.97% |
Loudoun School Bonds | |
---|---|
Yes: | 69.88% |
No: | 30.12% |
Loudoun Safety Bonds | |
---|---|
Yes: | 77.95% |
No: | 22.05% |
Loudoun Parks Bonds | |
---|---|
Yes: | 67.48% |
No: | 32.52% |
Loudoun Transp. Bonds | |
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Yes: | 73.21% |
No: | 26.79% |
Election Day: Final Thoughts
Another year, another election. Across America, voters are casting ballots for who will be the next President of the United States, thirty-three seats in the U.S. Senate, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and various state and local offices and referendums.
Then we wait to see who wins and loses.
The presidential election this year is fraught and unusual. People are fired up. Many Trump supporters believe the 2020 election was stolen from him (it wasn’t) and, if he loses again, they’re likely to engage in angry protests and riots like what we saw in January 2021. Many Harris supporters believe Trump is “literally Hitler” and, if he wins, they are equally likely to engage in angry protests and riots. I hope we can keep cool heads, but I’m expecting the worst. I hope I’m wrong.
Let’s stay calm. Let’s be kind to one another. Let’s accept whatever happens with grace and respect. In other words, let’s act like adults.
Off on a Tangent live election night coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and continue at least until all the races I’m following are called or 1:00 a.m., whichever comes first. Updates will continue (as time permits) as significant events occur until the Virginia State Board of Elections certifies the state results in December.
President of the United States, 2024
In the race for President of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) faces former President Donald Trump (R). The Virginia ballot also includes two minor candidates—Chase Oliver (L) and Jill Stein (G). Two nonviable candidates and one withdrawn candidate are excluded from consideration.
The United States has a unique system for electing presidents. The citizens of the fifty states and the District of Columbia vote for electors pledged to a particular candidate, and those electors choose the president. Each state has the same number of electors as it has representatives in the two houses of Congress combined. The District of Columbia also has three electors.
Most states and the District of Columbia award all their electors as a “slate” to the candidate who won the most votes in the state or district. Maine and Nebraska allot two of their electors to the statewide winner and divide the rest based on who wins the most votes in each congressional district.
There are 538 electors; a candidate must win an outright majority of at least 270 to win. If no candidate wins an electoral majority, the House of Representatives chooses a president by a ‘majority of the states’ vote. Presidents are elected to four-year terms and may serve up-to two terms.
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Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.