Plurality Wins in U.S. House of Representatives
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% |
2004 | 2 | 0.5% |
Total | 95 | 3.1% (average) |
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.