Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Wisconsinites (Financially) Disengaged from 2012 Presidential Race
Wisconsin is the only battleground state to populate the Bottom 10 for per capita large donor contributions to presidential candidates this cycle.
Read MoreGary Johnson’s Deepest Fundraising Puddles
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson finds his campaign struggling not simply to reach the 15 percent threshold in public opinion polls required for him to participate in the televised debates, but even getting listed as a candidate in many of…
Read MoreIs the Revolution Over? 3rd Party US House Candidacies Fall 22% from 2010
There are 97 fewer third party and independent candidates on the general election ballots for the nation’s 435 congressional district races this cycle compared to two years ago.
Read MoreTwo-Candidate Race a Rarity in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District
The Minneapolis area congressional district had fielded 16 third party and independent U.S. House candidates over the last eight cycles, averaging 9 percent of the vote.
Read MoreBeyond Thurston Howell: Media Caricatures of Mitt Romney
The Republican presidential nominee has been linked to rich cartoon characters like Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Burns, and Richie Rich as well as wealthy, villainous silver screen icons like Gordon Gekko and Mr. Potter.
Read MoreGOPer Bills Would Engage Grover Norquist in “Verbal or Physical Confrontation” Over Taxes
A champion of the ‘great compromise,’ Minnesota’s GOP U.S. Senate nominee is open to tax increases and vows, “I don’t care if I have to have a verbal or physical confrontation with Grover Norquist.”
Read MoreDavid Brooks’ About-Face on Mitt Romney
With a New York Times op-ed entitled, “Thurston Howell Romney,” David Brooks takes the Republican presidential nominee to task by casting him as the affable, out of touch millionaire character from 1960s Americana. But that is not the tune Brooks…
Read MoreWithdrawn Anti-Obama Kansas Ballot Challenge Continues Major Party Ballot Access Streak
It has been 48 years since a major party presidential nominee failed to appear on the ballot in every state.
Read MoreThrough the Dark-Colored Lenses of Mark Dayton
“Death,” “dead end,” “decline” and “grim future” were but a few of the words and phrases Minnesota’s governor used to frame the problems of his state and country.
Read MoreDoes Anyone Care About Minnesota? (Polling the 2012 Presidential Race)
The Gopher State has been polled in the presidential race at one-sixth the rate in 2012 compared to this stage of the 2008 cycle.
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