Category Archives: Voting Behavior

Does Iowa Matter?

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

In the mist of an extremely long presidential primary and campaign – as long or longer than I can remember – conversations always reach this question: “Who cares about Iowa?” Obviously campaign fatigue has already hit 10 months out from … Continue reading →

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Don’t Play With Your Food: Reconsidering The “Cracker Barrel v. Whole Foods” Meme

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

According to David Wasserman of the Washington Post, every presidential election has its cultural divisions: The 1896 presidential contest, for instance, is remembered as a battle between William Jennings Bryan’s populists and William McKinley’s industrialist supporters. The 1972 election pitted … Continue reading →

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GOP Women: “As Conservative as the Men are”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Politico has a story today (here) that addresses the new crop of women in the Republican party.  There are a couple points in the article that I find interesting. First, even though we all know that there are far more … Continue reading →

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Responding to Nate Silver: Elections and Economic Conditions

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

Nate Silver wrote a very good post yesterday about the ability of economic models to forecast election results. I think he does a good job of debunking the idea that real economic fundamentals are the unquestioned major factor predicting elections. However, … Continue reading →

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