August 2012
By Eric Ostermeier on August 30, 2012
Only one other national convention speech by a presidential nominee's wife in history has incorporated as many family unit buzzwords as Ann Romney Tuesday evening (Hillary Clinton, 1996).
By Eric Ostermeier on August 29, 2012
A third consecutive poll finds Mitt Romney within single digits of the president in the Nutmeg State.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 28, 2012
After November, Democrats in the five-state Upper Midwest region could control less than half of the 10 U.S. Senate seats for only the 4th time in 50 Years.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 27, 2012
National political conventions have been frequently held in states in which the sitting governor does not attend (though usually a governor from the opposing party).
By Eric Ostermeier on August 23, 2012
The last eight vice-presidential nominees from the Midwest have carried their home state dating back to 1944 .
By Eric Ostermeier on August 22, 2012
Only three previous individuals - all Democrats - have won the vice-presidency and were reelected to their seat on Capitol Hill on Election Day.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 20, 2012
The last time the margin between first and third place was less than nine points in a Minnesota U.S. House primary race was 1942
By Eric Ostermeier on August 16, 2012
The last time a Republican incumbent won a lower percentage of the vote in a Gopher State U.S. House primary was 1962 (Herman Carl Andersen).
By Eric Ostermeier on August 15, 2012
The former governor's 3.1-point win over Eric Hovde is the sixth closest in party history out of 37 contests.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 13, 2012
At 23 years, the 2012 Republican presidential ticket is tied for the seventh largest age differential in U.S. history out of the nearly 125 pairings who have received Electoral College votes.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 10, 2012
Only one fellow presidential candidate has won the GOP VP nomination out of the last 15 cycles dating back to 1952.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 9, 2012
Including GOPers Jim Talent (2002) and Roy Blunt (2010), just 5 Missouri U.S. House members have been elected to the Senate since 1914; nearly three times as many have failed.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 7, 2012
States carried by John McCain in 2008 host the fast food chain at a rate of nearly three times as many stores per resident as those won by Barack Obama.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 6, 2012
Only three of the 35 Republican primaries for the U.S. Senate have been decided by less than 10 points in state history with the average margin of victory at more than 50 points.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 3, 2012
An analysis of major media outlets' election projection maps finds few can agree on a definitive list of toss-up states in the 2012 presidential race.
By Eric Ostermeier on August 2, 2012
What is the preferred nomenclature in the broadcast media when discussing those key states that are up for grabs in the 2012 presidential election?
By Eric Ostermeier on August 1, 2012
Only the 1972 Democratic runoff between former Senator Ralph Yarborough and Barefoot Sanders had a smaller drop in turnout of the 11 such U.S. Senate runoffs conducted since 1950
