April 2012
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The Continued Decline of the Blue Dogs
The coalition of conservative/moderate Democrats - known as Blue Dogs - formed in 1995, but have been in decline since 2010 when they lost half their numbers, many to Republican challengers. Their decline continued last week in Pennsylvania, when two incumbents lost their primary elections. Jason Altmire was defeated by Mark Crtiz in a matchup of incumbents in the 12th District (although Critz...
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WatchI’m dying, but seriously, if you’re running for office, I may be looking at your Facebook page, Twitter profile, etc. one day.
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Where the Trends Go...
After discussing the changing demographics of the United States at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Ruy Teixeira and Sean Trende spoke with Governing magazine about the political outcomes of those demographic trends (Source).
In the short term, those demographics favour the Democratic Party, because of the growing minority vote, white college graduates, the millennial generation and the disappearing...
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Too Many Voters on the Rolls?
According to a Houston Chronicle report, that seems to be the problem in at least 16 Texas counties, where a review of their records by Judicial Watch showed more voters on the rolls than there were actual voters in the county. One of the biggest discrepancies (as a percentage) was in Loving County, where there are only 40 eligible voters, but 65 on the voter rolls.
As the article notes, this...
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Do Negative Ads Make A Difference? →
This is one of the reasons I enjoy NPR; they approach these questions using the data and studies available as opposed to relying on anecdotes about how people don’t like negative ads (and thus hurt a campaign). You can read the transcript of the radio program here.
(h/t: MonkeyCage)
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