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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 7, 2023
The Number of the Day columns published on Ballotpedia reflect the views of the author.
July 7, 2023: Between 1920 and 2018, 14% of all U.S. House general elections had only one major party candidate. During that time, there were 2,434 U.S. House races without a Republican candidate, and 707 without a Democratic Candidate.
In 2018, there were 41 such races. That number dropped to 27 in 2020, but rose again to 35 in 2022.
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Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- July 6, 2023-76% of voters believe it should be against the law to alter a photo or video of another person without that person’s permission
- July 5, 2023-29 years ago, on July 5, 1994, Jeff Bezos incorporated Cadabra, the company that became Amazon.com a few months later
- July 4, 2023-87% of voters are proud to be American
- July 3, 2023-50% of voters say July 4th is one of the nation’s most important holidays
- June 30, 2023-48% of voters have favorable opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court
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