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Florida Election Results

August 24th, 2010 | 6 Comments

Florida Election Results | Meek Crist and Rubio will be Facing Off for the U.S. Senate Projections over, Rep. Kendrick Meek along with Independent Charlie Crist, will be facing Republican Candidate Rubio in November for the U.S. Senate seat. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the obvious favorite and only choice to help bring Florida out of the worst unemployment crisis it has seen in decades. With all the challenges that face … Read entire article »

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2010 Minnesota primary election results

August 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments

A vigorous three-way race for governor this fall is now a sure thing. That much is clear as this page goes to press, before the full results of Tuesday’s primary election are known. Voters in the Independence Party primary nominated Tom Horner, the IP endorsee and longtime public-relations professional. Horner’s dispatch of his most visible challenger, magazine publisher Rob Hahn, and three others was the handiwork of a politically competent campaign, … Read entire article »

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Poll accuracy in the 2008 presidential election: Rasmussen, Pew

August 6th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Costas Panagopoulos, Ph.D. Department of Political Science Fordham University For inquiries: cpanagopoulo@fordham.edu or (917) 405-9069 For all the derision directed toward pre-election polling, the final poll estimates were not far off from the actual nationwide voteshares for the two candidates. On average, preelection polls from 23 public polling organizations projected a Democratic advantage of 7.52 percentage points on Election Day, which is only about 1.37 percentage points away from the current estimate of a 6.15-point Obama margin in the national popular vote. Following the … Read entire article »

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Obama visit to South Carolina would hurt Sheheen chances for Governor

August 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley says a President Obama visit to South Carolina would likely hurt her opponent, Democrat Vincent Sheheen. Haley, in an appearance Wednesday night with with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, said South Carolinians have rejected the President’s stimulus package and his health care reform package. “I don’t think my opponent wants the president to come,” Haley said. Read more: S.C. Politics Today. … Read entire article »

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Rep. Maxine Waters wants Ethics trial before election

August 4th, 2010 | 2 Comments

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif wants her ethics trial before the Midterm election. She wrote in a letter to the committee that if her trial was held after the election it would prejudice how her constituents would view her integrity. Waters strongly denies that she has done anything un-ethical and even alluded that there may be a racial element to her being charged. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., asked … Read entire article »

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