Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Big Ticket Flips
Of the six states to flip from Democratic to Republican in the 2016 presidential election, five had more than 10 Electoral College votes – Florida (29), Michigan (16), Ohio (18), Pennsylvania (20), and Wisconsin (10). That is the largest number of states with 10+ votes to flip to the GOP since Ronald Reagan’s landslide victory…
Read MoreJim Hagedorn: Two Strikes, But Not Out
Hagedorn could become just the second Minnesotan to win a U.S. House seat after losing the first two times to the same candidate in back-to-back-to-back cycles.
Read More1 in 5 Jill Stein Votes Cast in California
Golden State residents accounted for 10 percent of the popular vote, but more than 19 percent of Stein’s supporters.
Read MoreMinnesota Eyes Rare US House Special Election in 2017
The Gopher State has held 160 U.S. House contests since its last special election in 1977 – third most in the nation.
Read MoreBen Carson Is Just 7th Presidential Rival Chosen to Head Executive Department in 120 Years
Only six of the previous 408 department heads since the McKinley administration ran against the president for their party’s nomination.
Read MoreJust How ‘Popular’ Was Hillary Clinton?
Eight other losing presidential candidates won a greater share of the vote than Clinton.
Read MoreWisconsin Producing Nail-Biter Presidential Elections at Historic Rate
Wisconsin became just the second state in history (and first in 120 years) to host elections for the White House decided by less than one point in three out of five cycles.
Read MoreDemocrats 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.
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