This article is about the concept of a trend indicator. For other uses, see Bellwether (disambiguation).
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.[1]
In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In economics, a 'bellwether' is a leading indicator of an economic trend.[1][2]
Sociologists apply the term in the active sense to a person or group of people who tend to create, influence, or set trends.
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends. In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where...
In the law of torts, a bellwether trial is a test case intended to try a widely contested issue. Bellwether trials are an increasingly[when?] common phenomenon...
Mira Bellwether (March 31, 1982 – December 25, 2022) was an American author, artist, and sex educator best known for Fucking Trans Women, a single-issue...
The Missouri bellwether was a political phenomenon that noted that the state of Missouri voted for the winner in all but one U.S. presidential election...
The PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, formerly known as the Bellwether Prize for Fiction is a biennial award given by the PEN America...
Election bellwether counties in the United States are counties that vote in alignment with the country as a whole in United States presidential elections...
Faith relocated to Chicago, Illinois and formed his current project The Bellwether Syndicate with his partner Sarah "Scary Lady Sarah" Rose Faith. William...
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Finally, they end up discovering that the mastermind behind the plot was Bellwether, who they manage to set up to record her confession, getting her arrested...
Bellwether Pictures is an American film production studio based in Los Angeles, United States. The company was founded by screenwriter, film director and...
constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. This seat is considered a bellwether seat in India. It is believed that the party which wins this seat will...
Illinois has long been considered a microcosm of the United States and a bellwether in American culture, exemplified by the phrase Will it play in Peoria...
This became the Bellwether Contemplative Formation Center, referred to as "Bellwether". Over the course of the next 25 years, Bellwether grew to be a 75...
Bellwether Gallery was a New York City art gallery based in Chelsea. Director and owner Becky Smith was recognized as an important promoter of emerging...
10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble", The New York Times. (Describes bellwether Wood County, Ohio) "Ohio, bellwether again:...
classed as bellwether electorates. Prior to the 2016 election, the seat of Eden-Monaro was long regarded as Australia's most famous bellwether. From the...
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in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. A nigh-infallible bellwether state for the entirety of the 20th century going into the 2000s (only...
1992 and Ohio since 1960, casting doubt on Ohio's continued status as a bellwether state. Biden carried five states won by Trump in 2016: Arizona, Georgia...
Casey Jr. The race between Lee and Patel, who is pro-Israel, was seen a bellwether for other primary races where pro-Israel candidates are challenging progressive...
and maintained dominance for years. Florida is sometimes considered a bellwether state in presidential elections because every candidate who won the state...
political bellwether, having correctly voted for every president except twice (in 1976 and 2016) since 1912. New Mexico too is considered a bellwether, having...
food restaurants in terms of global locations,: 123 behind industry bellwether McDonald's, which had 32,400 locations. At the end of 2014, Burger King...
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execution include the Gas chamber. Missouri was widely regarded as a bellwether in American politics, often making it a swing state. The state had a longer...