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  • TX-34 Special: High GOP Hopes

    Introduction What is South Texas? The answer to that question varies from person to person, but most political observers generally agree that a few basic categories distinguish the region from the rest of the state. Before any discussion of the 34th district special election can be had, it is important to understand these unique area… Read More

    Harrison Lavelle

  • Quantifying Conservatism

    When Brian Kemp launched his 2018 campaign for governor, his first ad caught everyone’s eye. With promises to “blow up” government spending, a massive truck that he claimed would be used to “round up criminal illegals and take ’em home”, and a gun pointed at his daughter’s boyfriend that “no one [was] taking away”, Kemp’s… Read More

    Armin Thomas

  • World Report: France & Mexico

    Introduction This is the second edition of Split Ticket’s World Report, an article series devoted to covering foreign elections. Today’s edition will focus on the nations of France and Mexico, with the lion’s share of attention concentrated on the hotly-contested presidential race in the former. The returns received after this evening’s 1st round will determine which… Read More

    Harrison Lavelle

  • Ohio: Districts 1, 9, & 13

    Introduction After months of uncertain judicial wrangling and vitriolic national discourse, the Buckeye State’s decennial redistricting process finally seems complete. Back in 2021, conventional wisdom held that Ohio’s solidified Republican trifecta would adopt a GOP gerrymander just as effective as it did in 2012. Following months of discourse, pundit world received exactly what it had… Read More

    Harrison Lavelle

  • The Declining Value of a Dollar

    I need a dollar (dollar), a dollar is what I need…And if I share with you my story, would you share your dollar with me? The lyrics above are really to the 2010 Aloe Blacc song “I Need a Dollar”, but they might as well be from a desperate text sent by electoral candidates and… Read More

    Lakshya Jain

  • World Report: Serbia, Hungary & Costa Rica

    Introduction This is the first edition of Split Ticket’s World Report, an article series devoted to covering foreign elections. Today’s edition will focus on Serbia, Hungary, and Costa Rica. Particular attention is being paid to Serbia, where Freedom House has observed “democratic backsliding” toward authoritarianism since President Aleksandar Vučić‘s controversial election in 2017. World Report… Read More

    Harrison Lavelle

  • Temperature Check: Georgia

    There are two heavyweight matchups shaping up in Georgia this year, with the governor’s mansion and the Senate seat both on the ballot. In the former, Stacey Abrams looks to set to take on one of Brian Kemp or David Perdue in what might be the most expensive gubernatorial election in a generation. And in… Read More

    Lakshya Jain

  • The Driftless Area & South Korea

    Introduction Lying at the heart of the American Upper Midwest, the Driftless Area has long been one of the nation’s most interesting political regions. For most of its existence, this expansive swath of territory reliably backed Republican Presidential candidates. Excepting victories by Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson, the GOP prevailed in most of… Read More

    Harrison Lavelle

  • Breaking Down the Cisneros vs Cuellar Runoff in Texas’ 28th district

    On March 1, Texas kicked off the 2022 election cycle with a bang by holding its first-in-the-nation primaries. But in a blockbuster schedule that included hotly-contested statewide races, perhaps no election gathered as much attention as the major ideological showdown between Jessica Cisneros and Henry Cuellar in the Democratic primary for Texas’ 28th Congressional District,… Read More

    Lakshya Jain and Leon Sit