Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for January 18, 2021
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
January 18, 2021: While most of the political attention in 2020 was on the presidential race, there were also 5,875 state legislative seats up for regularly scheduled elections on November 3. As a result of the elections, control of 315 seats flipped from one party to another.[1]
Republicans gained a net 141 seats, Democrats lost a net 133 seats, and independent and third party candidates lost a net eight seats. Other than Hawaii, every state holding state legislative elections saw at least one seat flip parties.[1]
Fifty seats flipped party control in New Hampshire, the most of any state. Forty-nine of those seats flipped to Republicans—48 from Democrats and one from a Libertarian. One seat flipped from Republican to Democrat. As a result, both chambers of the New Hampshire General Court changed from Democratic to Republican control.[1]
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- January 15, 2021 -74 percent increase in Seattle homicides during 2020
- January 14, 2021 -61 percent of voters want President-elect Biden to build a larger governing majority by finding common ground
- January 13, 2021 –19 percent of voters say their finances are getting better, 26 percent say worse
- January 12, 2021 -39 percentage point decline in New York hotel occupancy during 2020
- January 11, 2021 -25 states will increase minimum wage in 2021
- To see other recent numbers, check out the archive.
Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day is published by Ballotpedia weekdays at 8:00 a.m. Eastern. Click here to check out the latest update.
The Number of the Day is broadcast on local stations across the country. An archive of these broadcasts can be found here.
Columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
Ballotpedia is the nonprofit, nonpartisan Encyclopedia of American Politics.
See also
- Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
- Presidential election, 2020
- Election results, 2020: State legislative seats that changed party control
Footnotes
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
