The Ballotpedia News Update, 2016 archive
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January
- What to look for on Iowa Caucus Night
- Topics and participation in the FNC Republican debate (January 2016)
- Fox News/Google Republican debate: analysis and commentary
- The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton
- Republicans bearish on Trump and Cruz; Democrats bullish on Clinton
- Ballotpedia study: 7 percent of American counties have no official website
- Presidential Nominating Index: Clinton rules, but Sanders also rising
- Wisconsin school districts: 2015 in review and a 2016 election preview
- The Federal Vacancy Count 1/27/2016
- Presidential Nominating Index: GOP elites tilt to Trump
- What's on the ballot? - January 26, 2016
- News in Context: The Flint Water Crisis
- Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the fourth Democratic debate
- Topics and participation in the NBC Democratic debate (January 2016)
- Topics and participation in the FBN Republican debate (January 2016)
- What's on the ballot? - January 19, 2016
- Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the sixth Republican debate
- Fox Business News Republican debate: analysis and commentary
- Republican debate preview: No time to relax
- The Policy Tracker: January 2016
- What's on the ballot? - January 12, 2016
- SCOTUS to hear major dispute over union fees
- What's on the ballot? - January 5, 2016
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: December 2015
February
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: January 2016
- What to look for on Super Tuesday
- Clinton crushes South Carolina
- Topics and participation in the CNN Republican debate (February 2016)
- Tenth Republican debate: analysis and commentary
- Insiders Poll: Who won the Tenth Republican debate
- The GOP establishment needs Ted Cruz on Super Tuesday
- What to look for in the South Carolina Democratic Primary
- New York City Election Review: Salamanca wins special election
- The Federal Vacancy Count 2/24/2016
- Trump wins big in Nevada
- What to look for in the Nevada GOP Caucuses
- The Tap: Riker's Island, filing deadlines, and a new NC primary date
- Trump Sweeps South Carolina
- Clinton clinches Nevada
- What to look for in the South Carolina GOP primary
- What to look for in the Nevada Democratic Caucuses
- How long could the presidential nomination fights last
- Wisconsin school board primaries set field for busy April election
- Milwaukee Election Review: Incumbents strong in primary
- Presidential politics: All in the family
- The Tap: Justice Scalia's passing overshadows a busy week in political events
- Topics and participation in the CBS Republican debate (February 2016)
- Insiders Poll: Who won the Ninth Republican debate
- Members of Congress on the death of Antonin Scalia and the Supreme Court vacancy
- Topics and participation in the PBS Democratic debate (February 2016)
- Insiders Poll: Who won the sixth Democratic debate
- Milwaukee, Wis. PBS Democratic debate: analysis and commentary
- Trump's New Hampshire triumph
- 15 seats, 18 candidates and four civil rights investigations
- Sanders sweeps New Hampshire
- The Tap: New Hampshire Arrives; Campaign Updates; Feral Ferrets
- What to look for on New Hampshire Primary Night
- Topics and participation in the ABC Republican debate (February 2016)
- Ballot Law Update: State lawmakers respond to local politics from last year
- Topics and participation in the MSNBC Democratic debate (February 2016)
- MSNBC Fifth Democratic debate: analysis and commentary
- Insiders Poll: Who won the fifth Democratic debate
- Democrats after Iowa: the head versus the heart
- What Iowa tells us about the GOP race going forward
- Iowa Democrats feel the Bern
- Cruz wins Iowa the old-fashioned way
- The Policy Tracker: February 2016
- The Tap: Happy Iowa Caucus Day!
- What's on the ballot? - February 2, 2016
- What to look for on Iowa Caucus Night: Republicans, a closer look
- What to look for on Iowa Caucus Night: Democrats, a closer look
March
- Ballot Law Update: States consider restrictions on I&R following 2016 initiatives
- Botched ballots and district turmoil: elections in MO and AK
- The Federal Vacancy Count 3/30/2016
- Sanders sweeps Western Saturday
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: February 2016
- Split decisions on Western Tuesday
- SCOTUS to hear challenge to ACA birth control mandate
- U.S. Senators on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court
- March 15 Election Review: Local elections in North Carolina, Ohio, and Illinois
- Clinton sweeps Super Tuesday III
- Trump rolls on Super Tuesday III
- What to look for on Super Tuesday III
- When will the Democratic nominating contest end
- When will the GOP nominating contest be decided
- Insiders Poll: Who won the Twelfth Republican debate
- Topics and participation in the CNN Republican debate (March 2016)
- Insiders Poll: Who won the Eighth Democratic debate
- Topics and participation in the Univision Democratic debate (March 2016)
- Trump has another Super Tuesday
- How Sanders won Michigan
- Ballot Law Update: Idaho lawmakers challenge local control, while a judge in Arkansas upholds it
- March 8 primary and caucus preview: Michigan, Michigan, Michigan
- The Policy Tracker: March 2016
- Special election in East Baton Rouge Parish School System fills District 4 school board seat
- Topics and participation in the CNN Democratic debate (March 2016)
- Cruz and Trump split Super Saturday, Rubio wins Puerto Rico
- Sanders three, Clinton one
- Topics and participation in the FNC Republican debate (March 2016)
- Insiders Poll: Who won the Eleventh Republican debate
- Super Tuesday local judicial elections in review
- Incumbents tumble in Alabama school board primaries
- Trump's Super Tuesday
- Clinton's Super Tuesday
- Turnout down in Democratic Super Tuesday contests
- GOP broke turnout records on Super Tuesday
- SCOTUS to hear first major abortion case since 2007
April
- Ballot Law Update: Changes to Michigan's initiative process could decide the fate of pot and anti-fracking initiatives
- The Tap: "Devious machinations by professional political operators"
- Maryland Local Election Review: Baltimore, school boards, and local courts
- Four wins and Clinton nearly clinches Democratic nod
- The Federal Vacancy Count 4/27/2016
- Trump rolls on the "Acela Primary"
- What to look for in the April 26 presidential primaries
- The Tap: Budding Support for Marijuana Legalization
- Local control returns and incumbents dominate in New Jersey school board elections
- Clinton Claims the Empire State
- Trump Takes New York
- What to look for in the New York primary
- Topics and participation in the CNN Democratic debate (April 2016)
- SCOTUS to hear challenge to Obama's immigration executive actions
- Insiders Poll: Who won the ninth Democratic debate
- Wisconsin school districts: 2016 elections review and district updates
- Quiet primaries, generals in Alabama, California, and South Dakota
- Voters infuse new blood, new money into Wisconsin school districts
- Ballotpedia Produces Podcast for Federal, State, and Local Political News
- How Sanders won Wisconsin
- April 5 Election Review: Local elections for Anchorage, Milwaukee, and Wisconsin courts
- How Cruz won Wisconsin
- The Policy Tracker: April 2016
- What to look for in the Wisconsin primary
- Rodriguez wins Laredo City Council special election
May
- Day three of the Libertarian National Convention: Johnson/Weld chosen as nominees
- Day two of the Libertarian National Convention: Presidential candidates take the stage
- The Tap: Don’t look now, but more filing deadlines are approaching
- Day one of the Libertarian National Convention: Vice presidential candidates speak
- Furniture removal: party chairs and presidential nominees
- The Federal Vacancy Count 5/25/2016
- The Tap: The expected Clinton/Trump matchup draws national attention
- Ballotpedia Webinar: 2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained
- May 17 Election Review: Municipal elections in Louisville and Portland
- How Clinton won Kentucky
- John (Donald Trump) Miller, meet Gary Hartpence
- The Tap: Republicans and their declared positions on Trump
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: March 2016
- Sanders, Trump take May 10 primaries
- Is there an independent alternative to Trump
- The Policy Tracker: May 2016
- Dallas dominates field of low-contest Texas school board races
- The Tap: Veto the Puppy
- May 3 Election Review: Local elections in California, Indiana, New York, and Virginia
- What happens to Ted Cruz's delegates
- Sanders upsets Clinton in Indiana
- Indiana decisive: Cruz loses GOP primary and drops out
- What to look for in the Indiana primary
June
- A Brexit bump for Trump
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: June 2016
- Press Release: Ballotpedia Polls Battleground States
- Trump faces uphill climb in swing states
- The Federal Vacancy Count 6/29/2016
- Ballotpedia's battleground poll, 2016
- The Tap: What is the role of a delegate
- Correll v. Herring
- Presidential campaign shake-ups: Not uncommon, rarely a winning formula
- Ballotpedia's Mid-Year Recall Report (2016)
- The Tap: A Busy Week for SCOTUS
- June 14 Election Review: Municipal elections in Nevada and Washington, D.C.
- The Policy Tracker: June 2016
- The Tap: 2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained
- June 7 Election Review: Municipal elections in California
- Clinton clinches Democratic presidential nomination
- How to concede a presidential nomination
- The Tap: Presidential primary season draws to a close
- What's on the ballot? - June 7, 2016
July
- Ballot Law Update: Legislatures respond to banner year for initiatives in 2016
- The Tap: We now return to your regularly scheduled primaries
- 2016: A tale of two conventions
- The rise and fall of superdelegates
- Convention Q&A: Harold Ickes on conventions, connections, superdelegates, Hillary Clinton, and the 2016 campaign
- Democrats in 2016: Putting on a show
- Trump stirs the DNC in Philadelphia
- Democrats have their presidential ticket now, but party unity will take more time
- Convention Q&A: Tad Devine, senior adviser to the Sanders campaign, on conventions and the 2016 campaign
- Hillary Clinton's evolving role at conventions
- The Federal Vacancy Count 7/27/2016
- Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination and makes history
- Democrats in 2016: The Senate's in play too
- Democrats avoid a floor fight by supporting unity commission
- Bernie Sanders' delicate dance tonight in Philadelphia
- Democrats in 2016: Philadelphia after Cleveland
- DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns
- The Tap: RNC over, DNC up
- Backlash brews over Cruz's non-endorsement of Trump
- The great confusion: rules and the Republican National Convention
- Republicans in 2016: The party's over, but still alive
- What happened last night at the nomination vote
- Nearly 70 percent of GOP delegates self-identify as very conservative
- Republicans in 2016: Some 'splainin' to do on the issues
- What happened with Utah, Nevada, Alaska, and D.C. at the convention tonight
- Three out of 10 GOP delegates have reservations about Trump
- Republicans in 2016: In the line of fire
- Movement to unbind the delegates comes up one short
- Rules Committee member from Alaska says debate lacked honesty
- GOP delegates applaud Trump's VP pick
- Republicans in 2016: Going separate ways
- Trump campaign confident the party platform and rules will pass on Monday
- Republicans in 2016: Something very different
- The Tap: Trump picks Pence
- The GOP establishment and Trump embrace
- GOP Platform revolt brewing
- The 2016 GOP Platform: Less a Trump manifesto than a reflection of the party’s conservative base
- The Tap: FBI investigation comes to a close
- Trump’s tumbling veepstakes no match for George McGovern's
- The Policy Tracker: July 2016
- The Tap: First of 21 proposed marijuana measures makes CA ballot
August
- The Federal Vacancy Count 8/31/2016
- New York Times Publishes Ballotpedia Series on Ballot Measures
- The Tap: The Clinton Foundation
- Trump and the Brexit appeal
- The Tap: Rigged Debates
- The Policy Tracker: August 2016
- The Tap: 1 in 5 Republican voters
- Incumbents weather storm of policy debates to keep Tennessee school board seats
- The Tap: How to fill a vacancy at the top of a ticket
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: July 2016
September
- Fact check/Has the unemployment rate dropped in half during New York Governor Cuomo’s tenure
- The Federal Vacancy Count 9/28/2016
- Fact check/Does a proposed salary increase for members of the New York Legislature track that of state employees
- Commentary on the first 2016 presidential debate
- Party Insiders grade Lester Holt’s debate moderating job
- Clinton earns a win in the first debate
- The Tap: Let's Debate
- Ballotpedia Releases 2016 State Election Agency Report
- The Tap: Party insiders guess at partisan outcomes
- Insiders divided on Senate races, give nod to GOP in battle for the House
- The Tap: What are the odds
- Insiders see high chance of a Clinton victory
- The Policy Tracker: September 2016
- The Tap: American Direct Democracy at Work
- State Ballot Measure Monthly: August 2016
October
- The Tap: The Big Pictures
- Keystone Battleground
- The Federal Vacancy Count 10/26/2016
- Hawkeye Battleground
- Old Dominion Battleground
- Sunshine State Battleground
- The Tap: Twenty-five presidential debates
- Commentary on the third 2016 presidential debate
- Clinton prevails in final presidential debate
- The Tap: Trump’s One Path to Victory
- Ballotpedia Designs Sample Ballot Tool
- Commentary on the second 2016 presidential debate
- Did Trump stop the bleeding
- What options does the GOP have if Trump drops out
- The Tap: Debate Season in Full Swing
- Ballotpedia Produces Jolt Webinar Series To Cover Important Issues Before the November Election
- Commentary on the 2016 vice presidential debate
- Insiders give Pence the edge in VP debate
- How turnout impacts presidential and congressional elections
- The Tap: The Court is Back In Town
- The Policy Tracker: October 2016
November
- Can there be tax reform in 90 days
- The Federal Vacancy Count 11/30/2016
- What's next for the Trump White House staff
- The Tap: You're Hired
- 2016 local judicial election review: Little turnover as incumbents dominate
- The Tap: In-Depth Election Week Report
- Incumbents see mixed success in November school district elections
- Democrats and Republicans trade chambers in 2016 state legislative elections
- November city and county election data review: Fresh faces from mayoral races
- Incumbents overwhelmingly prevail in state courts in 2016 elections
- Republicans gain ground in governorships, down-ballot state executive offices in 2016 elections
- Why did the "marriage gap" shrink in 2016
- 2016 Election Results: The Works
- Supreme court incumbent ousted in North Carolina; incumbents prevail in three other most-watched state supreme court races
- Election 2016: What happened in Congress
- Sixty-three candidates for seven seats: an overview of November's top school board elections
- Trump wins White House as “Blue Wall” crumbles
- Ballotpedia's review of the results for November's top municipal races
- What to expect on Election Night
- The Tap: The Top Ten Races to Watch
- Ballotpedia's top 10 races, 2016
- Buckeye Battleground
- Top 10 local-level races, 2016
- Top 10 state-level races, 2016
- Top 10 congressional races, 2016
December
- The Federal Vacancy Count 12/28/2016
- Ballotpedia's 2016 Recall Analysis
- The Tap: Tillerson for secretary of state
- The Tap: The next secretary of state
- A Quarter of a Million Pages of Content
- The Tap: The Iran nuclear deal under the Trump Administration
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