(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
In partial preparation for an initial analysis of the 2020 Presidential election, some of the first state-level data I gathered related to the Electoral College. That data subset quickly took me down a rabbit hole chasing after a rodent that’s been on my nerves for a very long time. This is why I have a…
I’ve just begun the process of gathering and organizing the necessary data to do some predictive and prescriptive 2020 election analytics. The questionable key word here is “necessary”. As I piece together a data set from a multitude of sources (that are often not easily consumable), I constantly find additional data sets that might also…
It really hadn’t occurred to me to go back and evaluate my 2018 race analyses. But when a reader asked, I thought it was an interesting question. I’m currently online at a bar, so a little self-indulgence seems quite appropriate. With respect to the Senate, I mostly just called a Democratic takeover improbable at best. …
Rather than doing “real” work, I’ve found myself digging through initial election results data. Yeah, I’m a geek. I could do this all day. All night. Whatever. However, I thought I’d best share a snapshot of what I have and try to move on for now. As every political commentator has constantly noted, a lot…
Election results are still in doubt in Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. Because, of course. Look. We’re quite obviously a pretty evenly divided country at the moment. One side or the other isn’t going to be happy with any final results in these races. It’s tough to lose and it’s even tougher to lose when it’s…
Well. That was interesting. I considered making a drinking game out of election night. You know, like taking a shot whenever a seat flipped from (R) to (D). Or pouring a drink whenever Wolf Blitzer reported a race’s results, with less than 5% reporting, as being a bellwether for the whole country. Or whenever polling…
There has long been an expectation that an “October Surprise” would impact the upcoming November 6 elections. Even though October is now behind us, I know better than to assume that one or more major news events won’t occur before election day. However, I will contend that the October Surprise has indeed already occurred. It’s…
Across the nation, early voting has been pretty popular – beating 2016 thus far. Texas is having record-breaking early voting turnout for a mid-term election. That’s great. It just doesn’t mean a whole lot yet. People who were going to vote anyway this cycle could just be voting early. I did. Stuff happens and I…
I’m not a marketing expert. Don’t claim to be one. In the course of my career, however, I’ve certainly done the job and I at least know enough to recognize good versus bad with respect to marketing efforts. I say this because I’m about to complain about a piece of this cycle’s Democratic marketing strategy…
My gerrymandered TX-31 Congressional district includes Ft. Hood – the largest active-duty armored military installation in the country. Hence, the military vote here is pretty important. As I’ve noted in previous posts, the Democratic candidate for TX-31 is MJ Hegar. She’s an Air Force veteran who served three tours in Afghanistan as a rescue helicopter…