Archive for June 2012
What Does Mitt Romney Think About Chief Justice John Roberts?
A look back at what Romney and the 2012 GOP field said about the now controversial Chief Justice who wrote to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreOklahoma GOP Poised to Run Table in US House Races for Just 3rd Time Since Statehood
Democrats won 79 percent of congressional contests in the Sooner State prior to the Republican Revolution and just 14 percent since.
Read MoreObama vs the Supreme Court: Rhetoric of the 44th President
Obama’s critical comments of the Court outweigh favorable comments by more than a 4:1 margin since taking office.
Read MoreWill Confidence in Supreme Court Erode or Rebound After Obamacare Decision?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s net confidence rating during Barack Obama’s presidency is at an all-time low since Gallup’s measurement began in the early 1970s.
Read MoreObama Cabinet Turnover Rate Remains Historically Low (So Far)
With seven months left in his term, the president holds the fourth lowest departure rate of cabinet department heads out of 23 administrations since FDR.
Read MoreClimbing the Ladder
When Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley won reelection for a sixth term in November 2010 he and his fellow Iowa U.S. Senator, Democratic Tom Harkin, were 11th on the all-time list for the longest-serving delegation members serving together to the nation’s…
Read MoreCan Rob McKenna End the Nation’s Longest GOP Gubernatorial Election Drought?
It has been 32 years since voters in Washington State elected a Republican governor – the longest GOP dry spell in any state.
Read MoreWhy Ohio? The Numbers Don’t Lie (Bellwether States Revisited)
Talk about bellwethers: Ohio’s vote for the winning presidential candidate has deviated from the national vote an average of just 2.2 points since 1900 and only 1.3 points since 1964.
Read MoreDeep Benches: Which States Consistently Field US House Candidates from Both Parties?
Democrats and Republicans in New Hampshire, Indiana, Minnesota, and Idaho have fielded candidates in each of the last 100+ U.S. House races in their respective states.
Read MoreChoices, Choices, Choices
In 2010, a total of 29 candidates ran across Minnesota’s eight congressional districts – good for the seventh highest per district average in the history of the state (at 3.63 candidates) across the 78 general cycles dating back to 1857….
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