Crosstabs.org
Last week I discovered an interesting new blog devoted to political polling called Crosstabs.org. Actually, Crosstabs.org is something of a blogRead More…
Category: Incumbent Rule
Incumbent Rule Redux
Time to revisit "incumbent rule," thanks to Mickey Kaus who highlighted this observation last week by Michael Barone’s column in U.S. News &Read More…
News Roundup
So many good topics, so little time. Several items appeared in the past 48 hours that are worth passing along.
Slate’s David Kenner and William SaletaRead More…
First Impressions
As with any election, the results leave us much to sift through. Although the final counts are not yet available for all states, we can still reach sRead More…
Allocating Undecideds
I started to do something this evening I haven’t had a chance to do in several days, which is to simply browse other blogs and ponder where things staRead More…
Are They Breaking Yet?
Looking for validation of the incumbent rule, more than a few readers (including Mickey Kaus and Noam Scheiber) have asked when we can expect to see Read More…
Incumbent Rule: A Caution and a Plea
As many of you may have discovered the “incumbent rule” (and this site) through yesterday’s post on Ohio, I want to add one important point: But be cRead More…
Ohio
The main page on RealClearPolitics tonight shows a set of results for Ohio that has political junkies scratching their heads nationwide: OH: ABC: Read More…
More on the Incumbent Rule
Several readers took strong exception to my discussion of the incumbent rule, the idea that undecided voters tend to “break” toward the incumbentchallRead More…
The Incumbent Rule
In discussing recent poll results, I said last week that I tend to focus most on President Bush’s job rating and percentage of the vote (which tend toRead More…