Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
The Closest Presidential Elections in All 50 States
Will a Biden-Trump nail-biter cause a state record to fall in 2020?
Read MoreWill Each Party Flip States in the 2020 Presidential Election?
Such a scenario has only occurred two times since 1968.
Read MoreMinnesota: A Necessary But Not Sufficient State for Joe Biden
No Democrat has won the White House without carrying Minnesota since Woodrow Wilson 1916.
Read MoreThe Earliest of Birds
Minnesotans can vote earlier in the 2020 general election than they could during two primaries in its electoral past.
Read MoreWill There Be Fewer Women US Senators in the 117th Congress?
The number of women nominees for the office in 2020 is down from two years ago.
Read MoreMike Murphy on AOC: “She’s Just Like the NRA”
The GOP strategist says fighting is good business for the famous New York Democratic lawmaker.
Read MoreWill Merkley Deliver the Biggest Democratic US Senate Win in Oregon History?
The stars are nearly aligned to guarantee the incumbent the best showing for the party in an Oregon U.S. Senate contest.
Read MoreKennedy Attempts To Make Massachusetts History in US Senate Primary
No challenger has ever upset an incumbent in a Bay State primary for the office.
Read MoreWhere Democratic Tickets Are Born
Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris to be his running mate means all 12 Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees since 2000 have been sitting (Joe Lieberman, 2000; John Kerry and John Edwards, 2004; Barack Obama and Joe Biden, 2008; Tim Kaine, 2016; Harris 2020) or former (Al Gore, 2000; Obama and Biden, 2012; Hillary Clinton,…
Read MoreMinnesota Primary Day Over the Decades
Primary day has moved five times in Minnesota since the first statewide primary in September 1902.
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