Partisanship
By Eric Ostermeier on May 15, 2012
At a University of Minnesota event, Pawlenty discusses moderate Republicans, political compromise, and why Americans get the candidates they deserve.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 27, 2012
Romney has worn a blue tie in 17 of 18 presidential debates; his opponents usually wear red and Gingrich has not worn a blue tie once.
By Eric Ostermeier on November 16, 2010
Percentage of Democratic U.S. House Seats from California and New York soars to a record high of 28.1 percent after the 2010 elections
By Eric Ostermeier on September 23, 2010
Study of midterm elections since 1954 finds party out of power in the White House makes double digit gains in Minnesota House more than 60 percent of the time
By Eric Ostermeier on September 21, 2010
HD 35 has averaged a 28-point GOP tilt in top of the ticket races since redistricting in 2002
By Eric Ostermeier on September 10, 2010
Weber says GOP will net 48 or 49 seats in House, 8 seats in Senate, and Tom Horner to hit 20 percent mark in Minnesota gubernatorial race
By Eric Ostermeier on July 22, 2010
Caucus members skew southern, average 10 years of service in the House, won their '08 races by 29 points, and represent districts with an average GOP tilt of +14 points
By Eric Ostermeier on July 15, 2010
District has switched parties eight times since DFL merger in April 1944, including five times since 1980 - twice as many as any other district in Minnesota
By Eric Ostermeier on July 13, 2010
July 2010 poll shows notable sampling differences in percentage of males, independents, and voters above the age of 50 from spot-on late October 2008 poll of the district
By Eric Ostermeier on June 29, 2010
Over half of Supreme Court Justices throughout history have served in or sought partisan legislative or executive offices
By Eric Ostermeier on June 27, 2010
Tennessee not quite as Republican-friendly as article suggests
By Eric Ostermeier on June 16, 2010
Difference between Kline's conservative vote ranking and his district's Partisan Voting Index ranking is the 2nd largest among all House Republicans; Bachmann 14th largest, Paulsen 27th
By Eric Ostermeier on May 13, 2010
Partisan attacks by Winkler against GOP have more than quadrupled in press releases from 1st to 2nd term in office
By Eric Ostermeier on May 9, 2010
Study of nearly 70 SurveyUSA polls finds GOP holding first party ID advantage since October 2005; percentage of Minnesotans identifying as Republicans at highest level ever recorded by polling organization
By Eric Ostermeier on April 12, 2010
Republican U.S. Representatives are 36 percent more likely to incorporate the American flag on campaign websites than Democrats
By Eric Ostermeier on March 29, 2010
President has delivered 8 times the number of remarks outside Washington, D.C. in states he carried in 2008 than states won by John McCain
By Eric Ostermeier on October 28, 2009
Pawlenty criticizes Republican nominee as someone "Undeserving of wearing the Republican jersey."
By Eric Ostermeier on September 16, 2009
Red states across the nation have both higher violent and property crime rates than blue states, across several measures of partisanship
By Eric Ostermeier on August 11, 2009
Last week's vote in the U.S. Senate confirming Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was noteworthy foremost, of course, for Sotomayor being the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Court. But the Senate vote was also significant for the Republicans and what emerged...
By Eric Ostermeier on July 31, 2009
The latest monthly SurveyUSA poll finds more Gopher State residents identifying as Republicans than at any point in more than four years. The new poll, conducted July 17-19 of 600 adults statewide, also finds Republicans now match the Democrats in party ID for the first time since October 2005....
