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  • Welcome to America: The Beginning of Blue Virginia

    Ahead of the 2006 election cycle, few doubted the advantage Republicans held in Virginia at the federal level. Democrats had not won the Old Dominion in a Presidential race since 1964, when LBJ romped to victory against conservative Senator Barry Goldwater. The GOP was generally successful in Senate races too. Senior Senator John Warner, a […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    December 3, 2021
  • Op-Ed: Who Will Bell The Cat?

    There once was a colony of mice that was being attacked by a marauding cat. As the cat began to eat more and more and the mice began shrinking in fear, the colony called an emergency meeting to address the situation. All the mice had some ideas on what to do, but nobody could settle […]

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    Lakshya Jain

    December 2, 2021
  • Democratic Retirements: Who's Left?

    Introduction Of the thirty Representatives not seeking reelection next year, 19 are Democrats. Eight of those 19 are running for higher office, but the rest of them are hopping on the retirement train for more traditional reasons. With Democrats widely expected to lose control of the House next year, most retirees are probably trying to […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    December 1, 2021
  • Reassessing 2020 Senate Races With Data-Driven Assessments Of Candidate Quality

    When the pre-election discourse around candidate quality pops up, my mind always goes to the famous Arthur Conan Doyle saying of how “it’s easy to be wise after the event”. It sums it up more accurately than any of us would care to admit — pre-election polling numbers, vibes, and anecdotal stories often color our […]

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    Lakshya Jain

    December 1, 2021
  • The Crossover Kings: Don Bacon and Jared Golden

    The Crossover Kings: Don Bacon and Jared Golden Introduction Crossover seats are districts that elect a Congressperson of a different party than their Presidential preference. Split-ticket voting is the stimulant behind these outcomes, so it makes sense that the increasing dominance of straight-ticket voting on the American political scene has reduced the number of districts […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    November 30, 2021
  • Changing Times, Changing Coalitions: A Look at Six Midwestern Congressional Districts

    Changing Times, Changing Coalitions: A Look at Six Midwestern Congressional Districts The Midwest is one of the most fascinating regions of the United States for any election analyst to study. Largely white and working class, it is a hardened American echelon that seems to have undergone more loss and struggle than success and revitalization. For […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    November 28, 2021
  • An Old Coalition Mix-up in Illinois

    The Opening The 1998 gubernatorial race in the state of Illinois was a contest unlike any other the state, or the nation, has seen recently. Featuring incumbent Secretary of State George Ryan (REP), and 19th district Rep. Glenn Poshard (DEM), the policies, campaigning styles, and coalitions of the race are quite fascinating, and represent a […]

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    arminthomas

    November 26, 2021
  • The Thanksgiving Special: Retirement Musings (Part 1)

      Part 1 – How are the latest replacement primaries shaping up? Most of these primaries are still in limbo because of redistricting, so we’ll largely be focusing on the candidates. Our reporting will be most salient in seats with solidified boundaries. This part of the series will focus on potential successors in open seats. […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    November 25, 2021
  • The Third Split: An altered look at the 2020 House races

      Preface Each Wednesday we’ll be releasing hypothetical newsletters making use of deeper analysis. We’ve got some pretty amazing model-based pieces planned for the next few weeks, but today we’ll be starting gingerly with a simple what if question: what would the 2020 House Elections have looked like under an R+7 environment. Methods Disclaimer This […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    November 25, 2021
  • The First Split (11/22)

    Welcome to the first split! Split Ticket will be sending out three different newsletters each week to keep up with our commitment to covering a wide variety of content. Each will have a specific theme, with subject matter alternating by the week. Here’s the plan: Mondays (Campaign news and general updates) Wednesday (A deep-dive analytical […]

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    Harrison Lavelle

    November 25, 2021
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