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 […]
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(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 ?
A “spin free” projection of GOP House gains
How many House seats will the GOP gain this fall ? And which seats are likely to flip ? In general, there has been little specific discussion about this topic, other than political commentators’ giving various estimates, with little in the way of supporting data. In this article, we would like to, using publicly available data, […]
“Super Tuesday II” Results – Two for the TEA Party
Tonight, seven states held their primaries. Overall, the TEA Party had two big victories over establishment candidates in Republican primaries. And healthcare reform’s unpopularity was apparent again.
2010 Primary Season statistics
With primary season winding down, there are two things we wanted to show you graphically: (1) The primary vote by party by state, and (2) Current list of House races we’re watching.