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AP Vote Count
On election night, AP Vote Count is your one-stop source for near real-time results. This browser-based service consolidates the vote totals from every race in the country, automatically updated every 5-7 minutes, giving you the most credible and trusted information as the returns come in. You can select nationwide results for Senate/House/Governor, or full results for selected states. Delivering the accuracy and reliability you expect from AP, the data for AP Vote Count is gathered by AP’s army of over 5,000 staffers and stringers stationed in every county and parish in the country.
Available packages:
- State Vote Count: Full ticket state vote totals for individual state primary or general election races, including (when applicable) President, Governor, US Senate, US House, State Legislative, ballot issues and initiatives, and statewide and local races of news interest – with state summary and county (town level for New England) level results for all races. Also included is access to historical General Election results from the 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005 elections, for President, Governor, US Senate, and US House races, for all 50 states.
- Results are packaged by state and election event – primary and/or the general election.
- National Vote Count: For the General Election only, all state summary results including (when applicable) President, Governor, US Senate, US House, and initiatives of national interest. Also includes national trend and analytical data:
- National trend tables for Governors, Senate, House, and State Legislature, reporting party gains and losses throughout the night.
- US House Analytical tables, reporting how women, blacks, Hispanics, freshmen, and incumbents are faring through the night
Benefits
- A single trusted, consolidated source for vote tallies from every state.
- Easy-to-access, browser-based delivery, updated every 5-7 minutes.
- Use as a reporting resource for your staff, or broadcast the results on the air.
- AP Vote Count is an ideal complement to traditional election wires, since it’s formatted to be easily used as a reference or read on-air.
Advantages
- AP’s proven track record of vote count accuracy and dependability.
- National option delivers results from one central source, rather than 50 state Web sites.
- Fast vote count updates — 8 to 12 times per hour.
- AP Vote Count server network stands up to election-night internet traffic.
- Convenient to use as a reporting tool or for straight-to-air programming.
Summary
- AP Vote Count is a reliable, centralized source for election-night results from all contested races in all 50 states, available on a national or state-by-state basis, for the primaries and general election.
- Delivered via the Web and updated every 5-7 minutes until all results are in.
- Easy-to-navigate data includes vote tallies and, depending on chosen levels of service, vote history, trend tables and analysis of results for candidate groups of interest.
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