Despite Trump’s low approval numbers, April/May polls indicate a closer race than Obama 2008 or Obama 2012. This is yet again another close Presidential race, same as it’s generally been since 2000. We live in an era of close elections, and 2020 is not yet an exception. (Note that even Obama’s 53%-46% win in 2008 […]
Entries Tagged as '2020 Election'
2020 is a close national election, especially for Senate and state legislatures
May 16th, 2020, 11:37pm by Sam Wang
Tags: 2020 Election
CDC Guidance For Re-opening
May 7th, 2020, 10:33am by Sam Wang
Controversially, the Administration is now pushing the idea of re-opening daily life in the United States. This is a questionable idea, considering the lack of firm standards for doing so. Also, at the beginning of the sheltering order, it was clear that re-opening would require procedures for testing, tracking, and isolation. In most states, those […]
Tags: 2020 Election · U.S. Institutions
Bernie Sanders’s parting gift to Wisconsin voters
April 11th, 2020, 12:07pm by Sam Wang
When it comes to partisan warfare, Wisconsin is at the top of any list. In 2011, Republicans, with the help of their Governor Scott Walker, committed one of the most egregious gerrymanders of all time. The General Assembly locked itself into power for a decade. Now, thanks to Bernie Sanders’s persistence, Democrats may take a […]
Tags: 2020 Election · Health · Politics · President · Redistricting
Sam on UnPresidented, with Cliff Schecter and John Aravosis
April 7th, 2020, 5:49pm by Sam Wang
Dr. @SamWangPhD in one of the most accessible Coronavirus interviews you’ll listen to. (And we talk the Wisconsin election, gerrymandering, and the brain too!) @UnPresidentPod with @cliffschecter and me.https://t.co/e5dOf2BsNd — John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) April 7, 2020 Today I had a great conversation with Cliff Schecter and John Aravosis on their podcast, UnPresidented. Mostly we […]
Tags: 2020 Election · Politics · President · U.S. Institutions
Fixing Bugs In Democracy: A Conversation with Ellen Weintraub
April 3rd, 2020, 11:55pm by Sam Wang
Here’s the first conversation in our series Fixing Bugs In Democracy. Yesterday, Federal Election Commission member Ellen L. Weintraub. Keep track of future events at election.princeton.edu/events. Coming up: Katie Fahey on Friday, April 10, and Dave Daley on Friday, April 17!
Tags: 2020 Election · Politics · U.S. Institutions
A Virtual Town Hall with Former FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub
April 2nd, 2020, 1:00am by Indraneel Purohit
Join us! Also, check out the rest of our Fixing Bugs in Democracy series: Katie Fahey, Dave Daley, and more. Lots happening this month at Princeton!
Tags: 2020 Election · Politics · Redistricting · U.S. Institutions
Re-electability
February 15th, 2020, 12:47am by Sam Wang
A reader asked the following question in comments: Let’s get right to it (aka the $64K question): Who has the BEST chance to beat Trump? Your personal opinion and/or statistically. The answer is that as far as I can tell, basically it doesn’t matter.
Tags: 2020 Election · President
Sanders v. Buttigieg?
February 11th, 2020, 8:55pm by Sam Wang
The New Hampshire primary is coming in as expected from last week’s polls. Like I said Saturday, past patterns suggest that the most likely nominee will be Sanders or Buttigieg. Based on the fact that the past pattern has only been observed across 9 nomination races, the probability of an exception might be around 1 […]
Tags: 2020 Election · President
Moneyball politics: Florida (Part II)
February 9th, 2020, 8:36am by Sam Wang
A few days ago, I wrote about how focused effort in a handful of Florida state legislative districts could lead to outsized consequences lasting for the next decade. Here are those districts – and ways to focus on them.
Tags: 2020 Election · House
Did Iowa turn Biden and Warren into longshots?
February 8th, 2020, 3:09pm by Sam Wang
Last week I pointed out three past criteria that have described the eventual nominee of either party. With the New Hampshire primary just three days away, current polls make it look like two people meet all the criteria: Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. After the fuss over difficult tabulation in the Iowa caucus, there was […]
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