The question wasn’t whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry would win the Republican primary on Tuesday against Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Tea Partier Debra Medina. The question was would he break 50% and avoid a runoff.
Perry tallied 51% to Hutchison’s 30% and Medina’s 19%, and routed his opponents in every part of the state.
Texas is [...]
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Perry Dominates from the Red River to the Rio Grande
Blue States Most in Debt
Forbes:
The five states in the worst financial condition–Illinois, New York, Connecticut, California and New Jersey–are all among the bluest of blue states. The five most fiscally fit states are more of a mix. Three–Utah, Nebraska and Texas–boast Republican majorities and two–New Hampshire and Virginia–skew Democratic.**
I point to three factors. First, states like New York, Illinois [...]
Murtha’s District Likely to Go Republican
Question: What was the only district to vote for John Kerry in 2004 and John McCain in 2008?
Answer: Pennsylvania’s 12th District, which was represented by the late John Murtha.
This district will be filled by a special election that will likely be March 18. In a race between a generic Democratic and a generic Republican, the [...]
FLASHBACK: New Orleans Dispatch
In honor of WHO DAT NATION bringing the Super Bowl to the Crescent City (the parade starts at 4 pm local time today), I thought I’d post an article I wrote about the 2006 New Orleans mayoral election.
I was in town working on a Habitat for Humanity-type project with my church and did some side [...]
The Week in Political Geography: Land of Lincoln
Politico’s new election maps page with Governor, Senate and House maps form 2000-2010. Illinois primary results.
Gallup: Only 5 Republican states [Daily Kos]
N.C.’s shifting electoral map [Salisbury Post (N.C.)]
Michigan’s Blueprint for America [National Review Online]
The 2010 Census: New Demographics, New Approach [Ad Age]
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston [The Electoral [...]
The Week in Political Geography:
Politico’s new election maps page with Governor, Senate and House maps form 2000-2010. Illinois primary results.
Gallup: Only 5 Republican states [Daily Kos]
N.C.’s shifting electoral map [Salisbury Post (N.C.)]
Michigan’s Blueprint for America [National Review Online]
The 2010 Census: New Demographics, New Approach [Ad Age]
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston [The Electoral [...]
What are the Most and Least “Nativist” States?
These are the states with the highest percentage of native-born residents (color-coded by political competitiveness):
Louisiana – 79.5%
Michigan – 75.7%
Pennsylvania – 75.5%
Ohio – 75.0%
Iowa – 72.5%
These are the states with the fewest native-born residents:
Nevada – 22.7%
Florida – 33.6%
Arizona – 35.4%
Alaska – 38.9%
New Hampshire – 42.0%
Who is In Charge of the Map at the NRCC?
The Hampton Roads Daily Press reports that the NRCC sent out a press release on Monday hitting Rep. Glenn Nye, Democrat from Tidewater Virginia, for screwing over the taxpayers of New Mexico:
“If New Mexico taxpayers thoughts they had seen the worst of Glenn Nye’s fiscal recklessness, today’s White House budget proposal makes it clear that [...]
Republican 2012 Convention Short List: Tampa, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Houston
The RNC’s short list of possible sites for the 2012 convention is down to Tampa, Phoenix and Salt Lake City (UPDATE: Hotline OnCall’s Reid Wilson’s is reporting that Houston is also in the running). The committee will reportedly make a decision in late summer of 2010. Convention committees often look at number of factors in [...]
RNC Retreats to Once-Republican Hawaii
As the Republican National Committee retreats to Hawaii this week, it’s worth remembering that the archipelago was once staunchly Republican territory. In fact, it was southern Senate Democrats who blocked its statehood for decades over fears that the minority-majority state would elect two senators who would tip the balance in the civil rights debate.
Therefore, Hawaii’s [...]
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