Introduction We are in the midst of election season (in fact, Election Day votes have already been cast in three states), and all but Louisiana have now held their primaries (Louisiana’s primary is held at the same time as the federal election day of November 5). With the general election campaign (and “early voting season” […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (September 8 edition)
Introduction Now that Labor Day has passed, we’re in the final sprint towards Election Day (technically, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island still have primaries on September 10, while Louisiana’s primary is held at the same time as the federal election day of November 5). With the general election campaign underway, what has been going […]
Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 30 edition)
Introduction Election season is now upon us, even though the official “start date” is considered to be Labor Day. Only five states still have to hold their primaries: Delaware, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. One of them (Massachusetts) votes the day after Labor Day, while three more states vote on September 10, then […]
Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 17 edition)
Introduction America is getting close to the “final sprint” to the November 5 election, as the Democratic convention in Chicago commences in 2 days. On the Congressional/statewide primary circuit, five more states (Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) held their primaries this past week, while three more states (Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming) will hold Tuesday […]
Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 10 edition)
Introduction The Olympics (which concludes tomorrow) are coming to a close, and the Democratic convention in Chicago commences in 9 days. The Democrats finally have their ticket determined, as Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. On the Congressional/statewide primary circuit, four more states (Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington) held their […]
Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 2 edition)
Introduction Now that the Kamala Harris campaign has had a two-week run (although without a running mate), the Biden re-election campaign is now in the past tense, thus making it important for the Trump/Vance ticket to recalibrate its approach, now that it has a different opponent. While the Olympics are still front and center until […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about Louisiana’s open primary system II)
Louisiana has since the 1970s had an open primary system for electing its public officials, whereby candidates (regardless of party) run on the same primary and/or general election ballot. In the first special session of 2024, the law was changed to restrict who could participate in primary elections for the US House/Senate, the Public Service […]
Decision 2024 – Day 1 of Early Voting (Is mail in voting “a thing” now ?)
Ever since early voting was established in Louisiana nearly 20 years ago, it has steadily become an accepted method of voting, and it has reshuffled existing assumptions about how to plan “get out the vote” activities. The coronavirus pandemic of 2020-2022 added a nuance to the “accepted method of voting”, however, as mail in voting […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about Louisiana’s open primary system)
Louisiana has since the 1970s had an open primary system for electing its public officials, whereby candidates (regardless of party) run on the same primary and/or general election ballot. There is proposed legislation (as part of items to be considered in an upcoming special session to begin on January 15) to change from this open […]
Decision 2024: National Republican Primary Poll #2
JMC Analytics and Polling conducted a poll of likely national Republican voters. Major takeaways are as follows: (1) Former President Trump retains the strong residual support of Republican voters, (2) Governor Ron DeSantis has seen some slippage in his support, and (3) If former President Trump were to skip the debate, his absence wouldn’t matter […]