How Florida’s Congressional Districts Voted and the Impact of Redistricting
In 2015, Florida was ordered to undergo a round of mid-decade redistricting after the Florida Supreme Court found the 2012 Congressional Plan passed…
Year: 2016
Trump and the Mormon Vote: Can Evan McMullin make it on the map?
Donald Trump has problems with many different blocks if voters. He is a bogyman to Hispanics, despised by African-Americans, and off-putting to…
Florida Senate District 19 Primary: Battle of the Bay
Anyone who followed my Florida redistricting coverage in 2015 knows I was strongly against a senate district that linked Tampa and St Petersburg…
The 2016 US Senate Democratic Primary Results and the Continued North Florida Protest Vote
The US Senate Primary for the Democratic Party was a landslide with for Patrick Murphy. Murphy got 59% of the vote, with…
The Tale of the Panhandle Protest Vote: Expect anti-grayson and anti-murphy votes in North Florida
On the night before the 2014 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, I correctly predicted that Nan Rich would do best in the rural panhandle of…
Florida’s First Minor-Party Primary: Battle of the Libertarians
On the August 30th ballot, for the first time in Florida’s history, there will be a primary for a minor party nomination for…
Local Politics > Hardline Ideology: Farming helped the Establishment take Down Tim Huelskamp
Every since Republicans took control of Congress in 2010, the Republican caucus has been more fractured and divided than anytime in modern history….
The Most Important Convention Roll Call in History: The 1944 Democratic Convention
For the last several weeks, the national political debate has been focused on the “Veepstakes;” the time every for years when the nation waits…
There will no longer be an African-American Representing Harlem – Quick Look at the NY13 Primary
New York Congressman Charlie Rangel opted to retire in 2016 after over 4 decades in Congress. Rangel was a powerful figure in New…
The New York 10th Democratic Primary – Borough Park vs Manhattan
New York Democratic Congressman Jared Nadler angered some in his district when he backed President Obama’s Iran Deal, which lifted sanctions on the…