February 2012
By Eric Ostermeier on February 29, 2012
Democrats have held a majority of U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats from Maine for just seven out of 79 cycles since the formation of the GOP in the 1850s.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 28, 2012
Republican U.S. Representatives from Super Tuesday states have endorsed presidential candidates at half the rate (27 percent) of pre-Super Tuesday states (53 percent).
By Eric Ostermeier on February 27, 2012
Tuesday's winner could set the all-time state mark for the lowest victory total in a Michigan presidential primary.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 24, 2012
FOX debate moderators speak at a 65 percent higher rate than those at CNN.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 23, 2012
Santorum clocks in with the most speaking time for just the second time in 20 debates this cycle.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 22, 2012
The congresswoman sends a message to supporters seeking to raise money in light of being out-districted in 2012.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 21, 2012
History says no: Gopher State elections in redistricting years ending in '2' have been the second least competitive, behind only years ending in '6'
By Eric Ostermeier on February 20, 2012
A president has been elected from a state with less than 10 electoral votes just four times since 1789.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 17, 2012
Five states have yet to elect a woman to Congress including two in the Upper Midwest.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 15, 2012
The former Massachusetts governor has discussed middle class Americans in debates more than all other candidates combined.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 14, 2012
The State of Washington ranks fifth in large donor contributions (and eighth per capita) to Kucinich's 2012 reelection campaign.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 13, 2012
The vote for Paul is nearly double in states bordering Canada compared to the rest of the nation for both caucuses and primaries during the 2008 and 2012 election cycles.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 10, 2012
Each media outlet uses its own math to estimate the current delegate tally of the four remaining GOP candidates...and comes up with different numbers.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 9, 2012
The DFL has landed a candidate on the ballot in every Gopher State U.S. House race since the merger in 1944, spanning 283 consecutive contests.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 8, 2012
Minnesotans deliver the Texas Congressman his best performance in a GOP primary or caucus over the last two cycles...and Romney one of his worst.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 7, 2012
Utah, Connecticut, and Texas lead the way in large donor per capita contributions to Republican presidential candidates with Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Indiana at the bottom.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 6, 2012
The Texas Congressman has netted more large donor money than Romney in 10 states including Tuesday's caucus state of Minnesota.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 3, 2012
The opposing party has gained control of just 27 U.S. House districts in state history, or 11 percent of the time; Oregon is in the midst of its second-longest partisan turnover dry spell.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 2, 2012
The former Massachusetts governor served up a nearly identical quote at the Dartmouth College New Hampshire debate in mid-October.
By Eric Ostermeier on February 1, 2012
The Texas Congressman is the only major 2012 Republican presidential candidate to take the debate stage without once wearing a lapel pin.
