Plurality Wins in U.S. House of
Representatives
Plurality Wins in U.S. House General
Elections, 1992-2002
Year |
Plurality Wins |
% of All 435
Races |
1992 |
24 |
6% |
1994 |
24 |
6% |
1996 |
19 |
4% |
1998 |
9 |
2% |
2000 |
11 |
2.5% |
2002 |
6 |
1% |
TOTAL |
93 |
4% |
Source: Federal
Elections (94-2002): Election Results for the US Senate and
the US House of Representatives. Copyright of the Federal
Elections Commission, Washington, DC.
Note: A total of 61 different districts (14% of
all districts) were won by a plurality at least once in the four
elections in the 1992-1998 period: 48 were won by pluralities only
one time, 11 were won by plurality twice and two were won by
plurality three times.
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