Josh Goodman

Recent Articles

• Redistricting: Big Cities Show Resilience
• Sep 22, 2010
• Population growth in America's largest cities has come close to keeping up with population growth elsewhere over the last nine years. As a result, big cities will be able retain most of their clout after redistricting updates the nation's political lines.
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• Downballot Doom for Kansas Democrats?
• Sep 21, 2010
• Kansas' downballot statewide races this year present a test for the Democratic Party, as well as an interesting test of the power of incumbency. A new poll offers a preliminary answer.

• GA-Governor: Nathan Deal and the Politics of Empathy
• Sep 17, 2010
• The Republican candidate for governor in Georgia has serious financial problems. He's trying to turn that into a political advantage.

• HI-Governor: The Washington Post's Take
• Sep 16, 2010
• The Washington Post took a look this morning at Saturday's Democratic primary for governor in Hawaii. Besides being a good description of the race, the piece has some interesting trivia about candidates Neil Abercrombie and Mufi Hannemann.

• Ballot Measures: Democrats Fail to Drive Turnout
• Sep 15, 2010
• In midterm elections, parties can use ballot measures to inspire their voters to come to the polls. Republicans are trying to do that this year. Democrats aren't.

• Ballot Measures: Democrats Fail to Drive Turnout
• Sep 15, 2010
• In midterm elections, parties can use ballot measures to inspire their voters to come to the polls. Republicans are trying to do that this year. Democrats aren't.

• CA-Governor: Clinton Endorses Brown
• Sep 15, 2010
• Even after he made a Monica Lewinsky reference the other day, Jerry Brown still won Bill Clinton's support in the California governor's race.
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• DE-State Senate: One More Primary Challenge from the Right
• Sep 14, 2010
• The story of today's Delaware primaries is a clash between establishment Republicans and conservative activists. Besides the prominent races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, there's another case of that in Delaware's 19th Senate District.

• New York Senate: Seven Toss-Ups
• Sep 13, 2010
• One of the best political reporters in New York predicts which races will determine control of the New York Senate.

• GA-Governor: "Too Corrupt Even for Congress"
• Sep 10, 2010
• Democrat Roy Barnes probably can't win the Georgia governor's race on his own merits in the current political climate. But, Nathan Deal's ethical problems and the taint of Deal's tenure in Congress may be enough to win it for Barnes.

• CA-Governor: Will Clinton Respond to Whitman's Ad?
• Sep 9, 2010
• Republican Meg Whitman's new ad in the California governor's race uses Bill Clinton's words against fellow Democrat Jerry Brown. Will Clinton come to the defense of his old rival?
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• AK-Senate: For Lisa Murkowski, No Stickers
• Sep 9, 2010
• U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's potential write-in campaign in Alaska highlights states' diverse rules for counting write-in votes. Some states even let write-in candidates distribute stickers with their names for voters to use on the ballot.
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• NM-Governor: Susana Martinez Campaigns Against "Richardson Denish"
• Sep 8, 2010
• Democratic candidates for governor are struggling in states with unpopular outgoing Democratic governors. A new ad from New Mexico Republican Susana Martinez is an illustration of how G.O.P. candidates are taking advantage.

• Ohio Legislature: The Power of Redistricting
• Sep 8, 2010
• A single fact illustrates the significance of the once-a-decade redrawing of political lines.

• Massachusetts Sales Tax: Do the Candidates' Views Matter?
• Sep 7, 2010
• Every candidate for governor in Massachusetts opposes a ballot measure that would cut the sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 3 percent. But, voters might approve it anyway.