The general election is now 10 days away, and early voting has passed the halfway mark. We have been following the early voting numbers on a daily basis, and what we’ve noticed so far is as follows:
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2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races In 44 states, absentee voting is underway, while in person voting is underway in 28 states, including Louisiana. In other words, any campaign that isn’t in “Election Day mode” isn’t an effective campaign. As we mentioned last week, we are now making calls on races based on a composite […]
November 2010 early voting has begun in Louisiana
Early voting for the Congressional elections/runoff elections for local races started yesterday and will continue until Tuesday, October 26. From examining early voting statistics provided to us by the Secretary of State, there are several things we noticed:
2010 Elections, 10/14 edition – House/Senate/Governors polls
2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races In 41 states, absentee voting is underway, while in person voting is underway in 18 states ((UPDATED 10/16 AM) in person voting in Louisiana commences this Tuesday, October 19). In other words, any campaign that isn’t in the midst of get out the (early) vote efforts […]
Soundbites about today’s primary election in Louisiana
(UPDATED 10/2 AM) Today is Election Day in Louisiana. About 79,200 have already voted – this figure includes nearly all of the mail in ballots. 25% of early voters were black, and the party breakdown of the early voters was 54-36-10% Democrat/Republican/Independent (party breakdown by parish here). While the black percentage is relatively high for absentees, […]
2010 Elections, 9/30 edition – House/Senate/Governors polls
2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races With the exception of a Republican Congressional runoff (and other statewide and local races as well) this Saturday in Louisiana, we are now in the thick of election season. In fact, early voting has already commenced in seven states, and more states will be joining in […]
A “spin free” projection of GOP Senate gains
How many Senate seats will the GOP gain this fall ? Can the GOP retake the Senate ? And which seats are likely to flip ? Unlike our discussion of House gains, there has been a decent volume of polling in nearly all of the Senate races, with some races having several polls done each week […]
Early Voting in Louisiana concludes for the October primary…….
Louisiana’s primaries (which include the Lt Governor’s race, a Republican Congressional runoff, and various local races) are now less than a week away. Early voting has concluded, although mail in/faxed ballots will still be accepted up until Friday. We kept track of the early voting numbers, and what we’ve noticed so far is as follows:
2010 Elections, 9/23 edition – House/Senate/Governors polls
2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races We are now in the thick of election season. Hawaii’s primary held last Saturday concludes 2010’s primary season, and we are now seeing polling released at an accelerated pace (Louisiana’s “everything else” primary will be next Saturday, October 2, and early voting concludes tomorrow). We presently […]
More November foreshadowing from the Mississippi Delta
Throughout this election cycle, we have seen polls conducted for various races across the country that show that scores of Democrats are in trouble. What about Congressional races closer to home ?