Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Race, Not Party, Defines Charlie Rangel Censure Vote
Just 25 percent of racial minorities in the U.S. House (and only 1 black) voted for Rangel censure, compared to 92 percent of whites and 87 percent of white Democrats
Read MoreHistory Gives Klobuchar a 2 in 3 Chance to Win Reelection in 2012
10 of 15 freshmen Minnesota U.S. Senators have won reelection to a second term since popular vote contests began 100 years ago
Read MoreCravaack Bolsters Military Record of Minnesota’s U.S. House Delegation
With Chip Cravaack’s election to Congress, half of Minnesota’s 2011 U.S. House delegation has a military background, compared to 36 percent of the 134 U.S. Representatives elected since statehood
Read MoreRepublican Dominance over Upper Midwestern Governorships through the Years
Republicans have controlled the governor’s mansions of IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI for over 72 percent of the time since 1846
Read MoreWisconsin Closes 3rd Least Competitive Congressional Redistricting Period in State History
Average margin of victory in Wisconsin’s U.S. House races since 2002 is 37.4 points – eclipsed by only two other redistricting periods
Read MoreMinnesota to Have Only Democratic Upper Midwestern Governor for First Time Since 1954
Dayton one of four Minnesotan ‘lone Democratic wolves’ to govern in the five-state region since the Dakotas achieved statehood in 1889
Read MoreIowa’s Schizophrenic 2010 Electorate
A Democratic majority U.S. House delegation from Iowa is sent to D.C. under historic circumstances in 2011
Read MoreMedia Myth Exposed: Loss of Democratic Governorships Not Key to Obama’s 2012 Battleground State Prospects
Since 1968, Democratic presidential candidates have had the same success rate in carrying states with Democratic governors as Republican governors – 33 percent
Read MoreBachmann Survives Sixth Closest Victory Among 2010 Republican House Incumbents
Fellow controversial Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) at #3; Bachmann had the narrowest victory among GOP incumbents in 2008
Read MoreAre Democrats Becoming a Two-State Party?
Percentage of Democratic U.S. House Seats from California and New York soars to a record high of 28.1 percent after the 2010 elections
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