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Super Tuesday Remainders

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 3, 2016 | 0

The unusually competitive and crowded GOP field is lowering the bar to victory in many states.

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Pat Toomey: Last of the “Bork 8” Seats to Flip in 2016?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 18, 2016 | 2

Eight U.S. Senators went against the majority of their party during the controversial 1987 Robert Bork confirmation vote; seven of their seats have since flipped for good in subsequent elections.

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The Dirty Dozen: 12 States Never to Appear on Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest List

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 12, 2016 | 1

More than 160 guests have appeared with the First Lady since the president’s first State of the Union speech in 2010, but none from 12 states.

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US Senators Slow to Respond to Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 10, 2015 | 0

Just five U.S. Senators – all Democrats – have issued formal press releases denouncing Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country.

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Which States Give Their US Senators the Lowest Marks?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 30, 2015 | 2

A new poll finds Kentuckians give their U.S. Senators the worst job approval ratings in the nation with Arizona, Kansas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Illinois close behind.

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Phil Scott and a Brief History of Gubernatorial Campaigns by Vermont Lieutenant Governors

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 10, 2015 | 1

Twenty-one sitting or ex-LGs in Vermont won gubernatorial elections from the 1830s through the 1950s but just two since.

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Stasis: Presidential Electoral Maps Are in a Historic Holding Pattern

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 13, 2015 | 1

Not only did the 2012 map record the lowest ever rate of states flipping from the previous cycle, but the country is also currently in the midst of its lowest rate of change across the last three-, four-, five-, six-, seven-, eight-, and nine-cycle periods.

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Bernie Sanders Becomes 5th Presidential Candidate in Vermont History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 30, 2015 | 2

Can the Vermont U.S. Senator eclipse George Edmunds and Howard Dean as the strongest ever Green Mountain State presidential hopeful?

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Wyoming and Tennessee: The Nation’s Political Naysayers?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 28, 2015 | 1

Ten states have voted against the party of the sitting president in every gubernatorial election since at least 1994 led by Wyoming and Tennessee; just two states have voted for the president’s party during that span.

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Which 16 States Have Never Been on Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest List?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 21, 2015 | 0

More than 135 guests have appeared with the First Lady since the president’s first SOTU speech in 2010, but none from 16 states.

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