The 2020 Congressional Election did not go the way Democrats hoped. National Democrats expected to gain seats, but results so far are a net loss. The results vindicated the National Republican Congressional Committee who expected to narrow the Democratic majority by picking off vulnerable Congressional Democrats and holding the line in Republican seats across the […]
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Revisiting Our Profiled Swing Seats
Two months ago, we began a series examining competitive Congressional districts and why exactly they are competitive. The political environment since we wrote these articles. Over 90 million voters have voted early and Election Day is a few days away. Some fundamentals have shifted with time, but the districts remain competitive. Indiana’s 5th District – […]
The Georgia Senate Special Election, Explained
Georgia has the distinction of being the only state in the country with both of its U.S. Senate seats on the ballot this cycle. Longtime Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson chose to retire at the end of 2019 due to his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s Disease. This retirement triggered a special election for the remainder of […]
DDHQ 2020 Election Forecast Featured in The Harvard Data Science Review
This week The Harvard Data Science Review released its special edition on Predicting the 2020 Elections. This peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the science of data looked at models from The Economist, Allan Lichtman as well as DDHQ’s own 2020 Election Forecast. Liberty Vittert an editor of HDSR wrote – Øptimus, in collaboration with Decision […]
Trump to Make Stop In Increasingly Blue Rochester, MN
This week, the Trump campaign announced that the candidate will make another stop in Minnesota to close out this week on Friday. This time, the stop is scheduled to be in Rochester, which has quickly moved to the left over the past couple decades as the DFL has made gains among college educated white voters. […]