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Officially declared candidates for the 1984 presidential election: 136
Officially declared candidates for the 1984 presidential election: 136
Campaign dollars expected to be spent for each vote cast in the 1984 presidential election: 3.38
Campaign dollars expected to be spent for each vote cast in the 1984 presidential election: 3.38
Percentage of Americans who say they daydream about being rich: 52
Percentage of Americans who say they daydream about being rich: 52
About being elected to political office: 6
About being elected to political office: 6
Number of general elections Walter Mondale has won when not running as an incumbent: 1
Number of general elections Walter Mondale has won when not running as an incumbent: 1
Write-in votes, in the 1985 Boise, Idaho, mayoral election, cast for Mr. Potato Head: 4
Write-in votes, in the 1985 Boise, Idaho, mayoral election, cast for Mr. Potato Head: 4
Ada County Elections Office (Boise, Idaho)
Number of votes Donald Duck received in the 1985 Swedish parliamentary elections: 291
Number of votes Donald Duck received in the 1985 Swedish parliamentary elections: 291
United Press International
Number of U.S. states that have voted Republican in every presidential election since 1968: 23
Number of U.S. states that have voted Republican in every presidential election since 1968: 23
IMPAC '88 (Washington, D.C.)
Number that have voted Democratic in every election since 1968
Number that have voted Democratic in every election since 1968
IMPAC '88 (Washington, D.C.)
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-old whites who voted in congressional elections in 1986: 22
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-old whites who voted in congressional elections in 1986: 22
U.S. Census Bureau
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-old blacks who voted: 25
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-old blacks who voted: 25
U.S. Census Bureau
Number of candidates in the Philippines’ January regional elections who were murdered during the campaign: 39
Number of candidates in the Philippines’ January regional elections who were murdered during the campaign: 39
Associated Press (Manila)
Members of Colombia’s Patriotic Union party who have been murdered since it was founded in 1985: 600
Members of Colombia’s Patriotic Union party who have been murdered since it was founded in 1985: 600
Patriotic Union (Bogot?)/New York Times
Number of the party’s 87 mayoral candidates who were murdered in the six months prior to the March elections: 29
Number of the party’s 87 mayoral candidates who were murdered in the six months prior to the March elections: 29
Patriotic Union (Bogot?)/New York Times
Number of presidential elections since 1964 in which the Democratic candidate won a majority of the white vote
Number of presidential elections since 1964 in which the Democratic candidate won a majority of the white vote
CBS News (N.Y.C.)
Number of the last 10 elections that were won by the nominee who gave the most optimistic convention speech: 9
Number of the last 10 elections that were won by the nominee who gave the most optimistic convention speech: 9
Harold Zullow and Martin Seligman, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Number of the last 10 presidential elections that were won by the taller candidate: 8
Number of the last 10 presidential elections that were won by the taller candidate: 8
Harper's research
Chances that Dan Quayle will become president within the next eight years if George Bush is elected: 1 in 4
Chances that Dan Quayle will become president within the next eight years if George Bush is elected: 1 in 4
Harper's research
Percentage of Los Angelinos who voted for Mayor Tom Bradley in this year’s election: 5
Percentage of Los Angelinos who voted for Mayor Tom Bradley in this year’s election: 5
Los Angeles City Clerk's Office
Total number of years served in prison by the members of Poland’s newly elected parliament: 117
Total number of years served in prison by the members of Poland’s newly elected parliament: 117
Gazeta Wyborcza (Warsaw)
Number of the 1,614 electoral votes cast in presidential elections since 1980 that have gone to Republicans: 1,440
Number of the 1,614 electoral votes cast in presidential elections since 1980 that have gone to Republicans: 1,440
Elections Research Center (Washington)
Percentage of all blacks who voted in the 1984 presidential election who were first-time voters: 11
Percentage of all blacks who voted in the 1984 presidential election who were first-time voters: 11
Committee for the Study of the American Electorate (Washington)/ABC News Polling Dept. (N.Y.C)
Estimated amount it will cost the Nicaraguan government to hold the elections scheduled for this month, per voter: $14
Estimated amount it will cost the Nicaraguan government to hold the elections scheduled for this month, per voter: $14
Carter Center, Emory University (Atlanta)
Average monthly income of a Nicaraguan: $25
Average monthly income of a Nicaraguan: $25
Nicaragua Network (Washington)
Roughly 80 percent of U.S. cocaine was thought to be contaminated with a drug that causes skin tissues to rot.
