January 2011
By Eric Ostermeier on January 31, 2011
Obama's 2011 State of the Union incorporated the 2nd largest percentage of first-person plural pronouns since FDR
By Eric Ostermeier on January 27, 2011
President's 2011 SOTU speech was written at more than a half a grade level lower than 2010's score, which was the 4th lowest in 75+ years
By Eric Ostermeier on January 26, 2011
Each of the personal anecdotes relayed by Obama in his 2011 Address featured individuals living in battleground states won by the President in 2008
By Eric Ostermeier on January 26, 2011
Obama's statements on education and technology rose compared to his 2010 Address, while statements on the economy and health care declined
By Eric Ostermeier on January 25, 2011
Only 11 U.S. Senators have been elected to two interrupted full terms over the last 100 years, and just 5 did so after losing a reelection bid in between
By Eric Ostermeier on January 24, 2011
Over the last 100 years Ohio, New York, and Missouri have given birth to the most Senators, while Ohio, Vermont and Mississippi boast the largest percentage of home-born Senators
By Eric Ostermeier on January 21, 2011
Badger State has voted for same party of U.S. Senate and Presidential nominees in 14 of 16 election cycles over the last century
By Eric Ostermeier on January 20, 2011
Connecticut has never voted for a Republican U.S. Senator and a Democratic presidential nominee in the same cycle
By Eric Ostermeier on January 19, 2011
GOP won nine Senate seats in the region last November for the first time since 1920
By Eric Ostermeier on January 18, 2011
However, decade-by-decade rate of growth of number of blacks in the U.S. House has stalled to its lowest level since the 1920s
By Eric Ostermeier on January 17, 2011
Black Americans have been elected to the U.S. House in less than half the states throughout history and to the U.S. Senate in just three
By Eric Ostermeier on January 14, 2011
Over 75 percent of RNC Chairmen throughout history have served less than two full terms; 61 percent have served two years or less
By Eric Ostermeier on January 14, 2011
Five decades of sluggish growth see the Buckeye State shed one third of its U.S. House delegation since 1960
By Eric Ostermeier on January 12, 2011
Vikings rank fourth for the longest average coaching tenure in the NFL over the past 50 years; gubernatorial turnover in Gopher State is 25 percent higher than Vikings head coaches
By Eric Ostermeier on January 11, 2011
Over the last century, U.S. history has only provided a few examples of notable events taking place on eyebrow-raising dates on the calendar.
By Eric Ostermeier on January 10, 2011
Nearly 40 percent of female GOP U.S. House members issued early press releases on House websites after the shooting in Arizona, compared to 25 percent of female Democrats, male Republicans, and male Democrats
By Eric Ostermeier on January 7, 2011
Badger State population has dropped from 13th to 20th in the nation over the past century
By Eric Ostermeier on January 6, 2011
Only one sitting member of the U.S. House has been elected president in history (Garfield); only three presidents have been elected with U.S. Representative as the highest elected office attained on their resume
By Eric Ostermeier on January 5, 2011
John, William, and James are the most common of the 313 different first names used by the more than 875 Senators elected or appointed during the last 100 years; trending: Mark and Mike
By Eric Ostermeier on January 4, 2011
Only 5 of 41 head coaches in NFC Central Division history have notched a winning record in their first year with the team; only two have made the playoffs
By Eric Ostermeier on January 3, 2011
Six seats up for election in 2012 rank in the top 10 for the most frequent change in party control since the introduction of popular vote elections, including Sherrod Brown's (OH), Claire McCaskill's (MO), and Joe Lieberman's (CT)
