Faithful readers know that I am obsessed with Independents and swing voters. I have been ever since I worked at the NRCC and we lost an “unloseable” (is that a word?) special election in Indiana’s old 4th CD — a seat that had been held by Dan Coats and Dan Quayle. Evidence that history repeats […]
read more(This article was co-authored by Jim Hobart.) While Democrats and the liberal media have spent the last few months trying to drive the narrative that the Republican Party does not have a leader, they have ignored the mounting problem they have with one of the undisputed leaders of their own party. In a recent Financial […]
read moreWhile we’re not in the habit of linking to Democratic blogs, a recent post breaking down the Gallup party ID data by age was sent to my attention by my friend Steve Moore. The posting takes a look at the party ID gap of voters in Gallup surveys aggregated from the last four months. It then breaks down that […]
read moreBack in the good old days (pre-2005), Republicans used to have messages that resonated with voters. In the 2006 cycle, the illegal immigration message tested well, but it did not end up moving swing voters who were more focused on Iraq and the economy. In 2008, we finally started getting traction with the need for […]
read moreLast week, I posted a couple of entries looking at the tightening of the generic ballot (in comparison to 2005-2008) despite the challenges that remain for the GOP. This post looks at key subgroups — other than GOPers, Independents, and Dems (they were covered last week) — on the generic ballot. The most striking finding […]
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