This week in the War on Voting: A new Republican Southern Strategy, a lot like the old one
A Republican strategy Richard Nixon would love.
Ari Berman has another must-read article on the systematic effort of the GOP to disenfranchise millions, focusing in this installment on redistricing—and resegregation—in the South.
In virtually eve...
Funny Republican speechifying
Someone forgot to tell Newt he lost. (Octavian Cantilli/Reuters)
If you were lucky enough to miss the post-Florida primary night speeches from Mitt Romneybot and Newt Gingrich, here are some select choice snippets.
MITT ROMNEY:
This campaign is about...
Daily Kos Elections Florida Republican primary liveblog thread #6
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary.
Results: AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico
6:18 PM PT: Gingrich says he'll abolish White House czars, because as a dictator, he won't need ...
Daily Kos Elections Florida Republican primary liveblog thread #5
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary.
Results: AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico
5:47 PM PT (Jed Lewison): Father of Obamacare on the TelePrompter!
5:49 PM PT (David Jarman): ...
Daily Kos Elections Florida Republican primary liveblog thread #2
Polls are closed in Florida, and we're liveblogging the results of the Republican presidential primary.
Results: AP (By county) | CNN | Google | Politico
4:31 PM PT: Remember, the story of the night isn't so much that Rommey is going to win big, but ...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: What’s the point spread on a Mitt Romney win in Florida?
If there is one thing we can say about the polling coming out in advance of tomorrow's Florida primary, it is that somebody is going to wind up having serious egg on their face tomorrow.
The range of the pre-election polling in the Sunshine State? Wel...
Final round of Florida polls still shows Romney lead, but Gingrich-linked pollster dissents (a bit)
After a small post-South Carolina surge, Newt Gingrich's standing in the polls has steadily eroded, as this chart from FiveThirtyEight shows:
The newest batch of polling all agrees on one broad point: Mitt Romney still leads. But by how much—and whe...
This week in the War on Voting: No, Virginia, there’s no such thing as zombie voters
The highlight of last week's War on Voting was South Carolina's Attorney General Alan Wilson claiming that 900 dead people voted in "recent" elections in his state based on data from the DMV. The South Carolina legislature, of course, jumped on the cl...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: New polls offer mixed messages in the Mitt-Newt GOP cage match
Mitt Romney is resurgent!
(Unless he's not.)
Even if he's not, though, the schedule favors Mitt Romney. After all, he is coming up on a series of contests in places like Arizona and Michigan, where he should have a real advantage.
(Unless he doesn't.)...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Mittmentum, part five?
Well, that Newt Gingrich surge was fun, wasn't it?
The bombastic former House speaker may still manage to pound Mitt Romney on his way to an upset in the GOP presidential nominating fight, but there is a little bit of statistical evidence on this Wedn...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Is there really Newt-mentum in advance of South Carolina?
This morning, Chuck Todd and the rest of the gang at MSNBC's First Read sounded a very interesting alarm:
There are some increasing signs -- though all of it anecdotal for now -- that Newt Gingrich is gaining some momentum three days before the South ...
