Mrs. Clinton's senior advisers said Mr. Lazio may have helped them with particularly competitive voting blocs.
President Rouhani, who called for change and moderation in Iran, was elected by a competitive democratic voting process in Iran.
Among Republicans not affiliated with Tea Party, 91 percent of those in competitive districts voted for the bill, while 62 percent of those not running in competitive races did.
Excluding members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, about two-thirds of Democrats in competitive seats voted for the bill — but so did about two-thirds of Democrats in safe seats.
Every voter would get to vote in a competitive election, so every vote would be worth casting and campaigning for.
Representatives from all regions and clans, often warring, met in the recently liberated capital, Mogadishu; they are now expected to choose a president in a competitive, if imperfect, vote.
We then provide simulation evidence suggesting that Democrats would win approximately 25 more seats if those in competitive districts had voted no, which accounts for the gap between the academic forecasts and the observed outcomes.*.*
Supporters of the compact contend that a national popular vote would encourage candidates to campaign with equal effort for votes in competitive and non-competitive states alike.
With the recent addition of Pennsylvania to the Democratic column, ten states remain competitive: Colorado (nine electoral votes), Florida (twenty-nine), Iowa (six), Michigan (sixteen), Nevada (six), New Hampshire (four), North Carolina (fifteen), Ohio (eighteen), Virginia (thirteen), and Wisconsin (ten).
The addition of Mr. Ryan to the Republican ticket made Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes quite competitive in the closing phase of the presidential race, but a recent Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll of likely Wisconsin voters found Mr. Obama with a slight edge in the state.
In the Senate, all members running in competitive races could have voted against the bill and it would still have received the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster.
