Archive for November 2016
Democrats Enduring Nightmarish Presidential Election Slide in 4 States
For the first time in party history, Democrats have lost multiple states by increasingly larger margins in five consecutive presidential elections.
Read MoreWisconsin Becomes the Plurality King in Presidential Elections
The Badger State now has the highest rate in the nation of producing plurality-winning presidential candidates.
Read MoreLisa Murkowski Becomes 1st Three-Time US Senate Plurality Winner
You can win over some of the people some of the time, but Murkowski has not won over a majority of Alaskan voters any of the time.
Read MoreJoe Miller Shatters Libertarian US Senate Record While 8 Others Set New State Party Marks
The nation’s third largest political party notched by far its most successful election cycle in races to the nation’s upper legislative chamber.
Read MoreHoeven Sent: GOP US Senator Records Biggest Blowout in North Dakota History
Hoeven has now been elected by the #1 and #4 biggest margins in North Dakota U.S. Senate elections.
Read MoreNew Hampshire to Have All-Democratic Congressional Delegation for 1st Time Since 1852 Cycle
Democrats had never simultaneously held all U.S. Senate and House seats in New Hampshire since the birth of the Republican Party.
Read MoreKentucky Democrats Suffer Worst Showing in Presidential Election Since 1860
The 32.7 percent won by Hillary Clinton is the second lowest level of support by a Democratic presidential nominee in the state since 1828.
Read MoreMinnesota Hosts 2 Photo-Finish US House Elections for 1st Time Since 1892
Only 15 Minnesota U.S. House races have been decided by less than a percentage point in state history with only two cycles yielding two such contests.
Read MoreDow Jones Notches 3rd Largest Post-Presidential Election Gains in Over 100 Years
Donald Trump’s victory has seen the Dow rise at a rate eclipsed just twice over the last 27 presidential election cycles.
Read MoreDon’t Cry Wolverine
Donald Trump has a 0.23-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Michigan, and, if the numbers hold, the state will have the distinction of being the most closely decided in the nation this cycle. [In second place: Clinton’s 0.37-point lead over Trump in New Hampshire]. This marks the second time the Wolverine State has hosted the…
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