Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
The Biden Bump Out West
Alaska and Utah are two of the nine states where Republican presidential nominees have won 14 consecutive elections since 1968. Joe Biden, however, scored the best showing in these two Western states since Lyndon Johnson’s landslide victory there in 1964. In Alaska, Biden won 42.8 percent – slightly besting Hubert Humphrey’s 42.7 percent in 1968…
Read MoreHas Kansas Become a Bluer State Than Missouri?
For the first time in history, a Democratic nominee for president received a larger percentage of the vote in Kansas than in the Show-Me State.
Read MoreWisconsin Reigns As the Plurality King
The Badger State has the highest percentage of casting its Electoral College votes for a plurality winner of any state in the nation.
Read MoreGeorgia Democrats Eye US Senate Electoral Rarity
Only two times in U.S. Senate history have both incumbents from the same state been unseated in the same cycle.
Read MoreTwo-Thirds of States to Have Governor and US Senators from One Party
Democrats or Republicans controlled both offices in just 28 states following the 2014 election.
Read More117th Congress Will Have Fewest Split US Senate Delegations in History
The chamber will see a record low in the direct election era, even if each party wins a seat in Georgia.
Read MoreLibertarian Gubernatorial Nominees Set Record Highs in Four States
The nation’s third largest party continues to make bigger footprints in multiple statewide races.
Read MoreLibertarians, Third Parties Set Multiple Records in 2020 US Senate Elections
Nine third party or independent candidates made the record books in U.S. Senate elections across the nation.
Read More36 States Set or Extend All-Time Democratic and GOP Presidential Winning Streaks
Nearly three-quarters of the states remain in the midst of record partisan dominance in elections to the White House by one of the two major parties.
Read MoreClose Shaves
When the 2020 vote is certified, new records for the closest presidential election will have been set in two states. Joe Biden’s victory margin over Donald Trump in Arizona currently rests at 0.31 points – well below the previous mark set 56 years ago when native son Barry Goldwater defeated President Lyndon Johnson by 0.99…
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