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Hope for the GOP?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 7, 2008
With modest gains Tuesday building on their sweep in 2006, Democrats are nearly back where they were in terms of state legislative seats in 1994, before that ...
Categories: State Offices

More Polarized?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Scattered notes on red and blue America: It looks like only eight states are going to have divided legislatures, where the two main parties each ...
Categories: National Politics

Spitzer Walks
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
AP reports that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in the prostitution case that led to his political downfall: "In ...
Categories: State Offices

McCain Country
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Ben Smith and other bloggers are starting to post some interest maps. He compares the two below. The first shows counties where McCain did better ...
Categories: National Politics

Polling on the 2012 Presidential Race!
Posted By: Josh Goodman | November 6, 2008
See here. Admit it, you cl icked on the link.
Categories: Polls

Palin Revisionism Watch
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Newsweek reports that Sarah Palin and her family were not as frugal as she claimed: One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin ...
Categories: State Offices

Blueburbs
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
A point we've been writing about this year -- that the suburbs are going more Democratic -- appears to have been borne out by ...
Categories: National Politics

Gordon Smith Concedes
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Gordon Smith, Oregon's Republican senator, has conceded, meaning Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley will be coming to the U.S. Senate. NCSL updates the ...
Categories: State Offices

Turnout in Alaska and the Nation
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Shannon Moore, a Democratic blogger in Alaska, questions official figures that show turnout was down this year in the state. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan) This, ...
Categories: Voting Process & Voting Rules

Well, That Makes More Sense
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | November 6, 2008
Everyone I've talked to about why Bev Perdue was able to prevail in the North Carolina governor's race has pointed to the organization ...
Categories: State Offices

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