According to a survey in July 2022, 63 percent of respondents in the United States thought the better way to choose the president was by the popular vote, where votes are totaled across all states.
Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer?
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Statistics on 2012 U.S. election part I finances
Overview on Latest Polls
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Campaign & Party Fundraising
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- Basic Statistic U.S. presidential elections - fundraising and spending 1976-2016
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - campaign finances by candidate as of October 26
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - total monthly fundraising of Obama and Romney
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - sources of money raised by Obama and Romney
- Premium Statistic Elections 2012 - monthly campaign fundraising by party 2012
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - monthly campaign fundraising up to September
- Premium Statistic Elections 2012 - donors to Obama/Romney campaign by contribution size
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - donors to DNC and RNC by contribution size
Campaign & Party Spending
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- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - total monthly spending of Obama and Romney
- Basic Statistic Elections 2012 - total spending of Obama and Romney, by category
- Basic Statistic Independent or outside spending in the 2012 U.S. elections, by source
- Basic Statistic Weekly spending on TV ads by all presidential candidates in 2012
- Basic Statistic Election 2012 - spending on issue-related TV ads
- Premium Statistic 2012 election: total money spend to oppose/support Mitt Romney, by group
- Premium Statistic 2012 election: total money spend to oppose/support Barack Obama, by group
- Premium Statistic Election 2012 - Ad spending in swing states May-September, by party
Super PACs Contributions & Expenditures
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- Basic Statistic 2012 election - independent expenditures of the largest super PACs
- Basic Statistic 2012 election: monthly contributions to super PACs
- Basic Statistic Week-by-week super PAC spending in the 2012 election up to Nov 2012
- Premium Statistic 2012 election: monthly contributions to super PACs as of September, by party orientation
- Premium Statistic 2012 election: monthly expenditures by super PACs, by party orientation
- Basic Statistic 2012 election - most-supported candidates by super PACs
- Basic Statistic 2012 election - most PAC-opposed candidates
- Premium Statistic 2012 election: monthly finances of Restore Our Future super PAC (supports Romney)
Further related statistics
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- U.S. adults on the popular vote versus the electoral college by party 2022
- Adults who think their state would have more influence with popular vote U.S. 2020
- Opinion on if state would have more influence under popular vote, by party U.S. 2020
- Ranking of U.S. states for voter wait time in the U.S. election 2016
- Cash on hand of political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Ranking of U.S. states for mail-in ballots rejected in the U.S. election 2020
- Ranking U.S. states on disability or illness voter issues in the U.S. election 2016
- Support for change to popular vote to determine presidential elections U.S. 2000-2020
- Money raised by political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Money spent by political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Interest in 2020 election news in the U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
- Number of registered voters in the United States 1996-2020
- Top 10 U.S. political races in 2016, by spending by outside groups
- Share of people registered to vote by age U.S. 2020
- Share of people registered to vote by gender U.S. 2020
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Statistics
- U.S. adults on the popular vote versus the electoral college by party 2022
- Adults who think their state would have more influence with popular vote U.S. 2020
- Opinion on if state would have more influence under popular vote, by party U.S. 2020
- Ranking of U.S. states for voter wait time in the U.S. election 2016
- Cash on hand of political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Ranking of U.S. states for mail-in ballots rejected in the U.S. election 2020
- Ranking U.S. states on disability or illness voter issues in the U.S. election 2016
- Support for change to popular vote to determine presidential elections U.S. 2000-2020
- Money raised by political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Money spent by political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
- Interest in 2020 election news in the U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
- Number of registered voters in the United States 1996-2020
- Top 10 U.S. political races in 2016, by spending by outside groups
- Share of people registered to vote by age U.S. 2020
- Share of people registered to vote by gender U.S. 2020
Pew Research Center. (August 5, 2022). Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/
Pew Research Center. "Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer?." Chart. August 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/
Pew Research Center. "Thinking about The Way in Which The President Is Elected in This Country, Which Would You Prefer?." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/
Pew Research Center, Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Thinking about the way in which the president is elected in this country, which would you prefer? [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 5, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1132086/opinions-adults-choose-president-us/