On Tuesday, February 15th, Edison Research will be conducting its first election exit poll of 2011 at the special election primaries for the vacant South Carolina State House seat in House District #64. So what makes this election worthy of an exit poll? There are two important things to watch for: The Republican primary provides […]
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I know it is early to start thinking about the 2012 presidential election, but hey, we are only 510 days away from the Iowa Caucuses so we might as well start! Last week, the AP reported that former NM Governor Gary Johnson is mulling a run for president. So why should anyone care that a […]
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With the likely defeat of Senator Lisa Murkowski in yesterday’s Alaska Republican Senate Primary, there will be at least fifteen new senators elected this November. This is the highest number of new senators in any election since 1980 when 18 new senators were elected. Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, […]
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Recently, Major League Baseball announced their Managers of the Year – Mike Scioscia of the Angels and Jim Tracy of the Rockies. Congrats to both. However, based upon the history of the award, it is probably an award they would rather do without. Of the previous 53 winners since 1983, almost half had lost or […]
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Yesterday, Creigh Deeds (R) beat two well-known and better-funded candidates – Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran – to win the Democratic Nomination for Governor in Virginia. For a candidate who started in the early campaign polls in third place with just 11% five months ago, it seems like a stunning turnaround. In the end the […]
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