Posts by Dr. Eric Ostermeier
Trump Wins Michigan Primary with Lowest Support in Party History
Trump breaks a 96-year old party record by winning the Wolverine State with less than 37 percent of the vote.
Read MoreA Hard Act to Follow in Mississippi
The Iowa caucuses may have provided the most razor-thin 1-2 finish in the 2012 Republican race, with Rick Santorum edging Mitt Romney by 0.03 points (34 votes) and Ron Paul just 3.13 points back. However, the closest 1-2-3 finish that cycle was actually in Mississippi nearly two and one-half months later, where the state’s March…
Read MoreIdaho Anticipating 1st Competitive GOP Primary in State History
The most closely decided Republican presidential primary in the Gem State prior to 2016 was 40 points.
Read MoreWhich Media Outlet’s Republican Delegate Tracker Do You Believe?
Major media outlets cannot agree on any of the delegate counts for the top three GOP candidates, nor the allotment from 11 states that have voted thus far.
Read MoreWhen Will We See A Trump Majority?
The 2016 Republican nomination fight marks the first time in party history in which no candidate has won a majority of the vote in the first 15 statewide contests.
Read MoreSuper Tuesday Remainders
The unusually competitive and crowded GOP field is lowering the bar to victory in many states.
Read MoreCruz Records Weakest Home State GOP Primary Victory in Party History
Each of the 65+ previous Republican presidential candidates who carried their home state did so with a larger percentage of the vote than Cruz; Cruz is one of only six who failed to reach the 50 percent mark.
Read MoreA Brief History of Minnesota Presidential Primaries
The Gopher State has seen its presidential primary laws repealed three times over the last century; Minnesota Republicans have held five presidential primaries with four for the Democrats.
Read MoreInevitable? Presidential Candidates Who Won 3 of 4 States But Lost the Nomination
Donald Trump may seem unstoppable, but there have been multiple White House hopefuls who carried three of the first four state primaries or caucuses and did not end up as their party’s nominee.
Read MoreWill the Minnesota GOP Be an Outlier Once Again in Its 2016 Caucuses?
Minnesota was one of nine states to back a losing Republican presidential candidate in a primary or caucus over the last two cycles.
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