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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for September 13, 2018
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September 13, 2018: Heading into the fall election season, Democrats have nominated 180 female candidates for the House of Representatives. That tops the previous record of 120.[1]
Republicans have selected 52 female nominees.
The Democrats have also nominated 133 people of color and 158 first-time candidates to run for the House.
“In the 125 districts where a Democratic incumbent is leaving office or a Republican seat is at risk of flipping,” Politico reports that “more than half the [Democratic] nominees (65) are women."
Politico believes this “flood of women, minorities and first-time candidates is poised to radically alter the composition of Congress next year.”
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- September 12, 2018 – 21.1 out of every 100,000 U.S. men commit suicide
- September 11, 2018 – 2-meter-long unmanned boat crosses Atlantic
- September 10, 2018 – 1,190 state legislative incumbents not running for re-election
- September 7, 2018 – 1,400 Americans under age 26 earned $1 million or more in 2016
- September 6, 2018 – 70 percent of rural residents feel misunderstood by urban/suburban residents
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