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July 2013

July 31, 2013

How the Democrats used FaceBook

The Washington Post is publishing excerpts from its reporter Dan Balz's book on the last...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

How Gallup blew the presidential election polling

On the eve of the last election, the venerable polling firm Gallup predicted that Mitt...

December 2012

December 18, 2012

The presidential election was held yesterday

The Electoral College cast its ballots on Monday. The results won't be official, though, until...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Evangelicals vs. ‘Country Club’ Republicans

The Republican party and "conservatives" in general are far from monolithic. There are different kinds...

November 23, 2012

Democrats have a file on you

One of the reasons President Obama was re-elected, according to observers, is the way his...

November 21, 2012

Spiritualizing the election

I am astonished to hear how so many Christians are talking about the election. They...

November 20, 2012

Romney in exile

Just a couple of weeks ago, Republicans were hailing Mitt Romney as the man who...

November 14, 2012

The fate of moral issues

The Republicans did not make a big deal of moral or "cultural" issues during the...

November 13, 2012

Working through the five stages of grief

Dana Milbank, while crowing over President Obama's re-election, says that Republicans are going through the...

November 12, 2012

Predicting the election

Now that Florida has FINALLY counted its ballots (why can 49 states conduct an efficient...

November 09, 2012

Will the election matter?

The election cost $5.8 billion and years of furor and trauma, only to leave us...

November 08, 2012

Lessons from the election

What have we learned from the election? Here are a few points I've learned: 1. ...

November 06, 2012

Live-blogging the election

Let's live-blog the election coverage. The networks have vowed not to call the election until...

November 05, 2012

Your endorsements

We here at the Cranach Institute endorse no political candidates. Hey, we even shot down...

November 05, 2012

Your predictions

I made my prediction for the election a long time ago, back when Obama was...

November 02, 2012

The final word on the election

From Abigael Evans, age 4, on behalf of the entire nation:

November 02, 2012

Comparing the platforms

Back during the Democratic National Convention, we did a post on the Democratic platform, promising...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Big test for pollsters

The polling industry faces a big test this election as we will see whether or...

October 29, 2012

Polls now show Mitt Romney leading the popular vote, but President Obama still has the...

October 29, 2012

The electoral vote picture

RCP Poll Average Electoral Votes States Obama Romney Obama Romney Colo. 47.8% 47.8%...

October 25, 2012

The third-party candidates

The third-party candidates also had a debate. Here are highlights: Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party...

October 25, 2012

A tie in the Electoral College?

One possibility in the election: Both candidates get 269 electoral votes, resulting in a tie. ...

October 24, 2012

Is voter fraud a problem, or not?

Democrats are calling attempts, usually led by Republicans, to try to prevent voter fraud as...

October 24, 2012

Who profits from campaign spending?

The presidential campaign will cost some $4 billion. We worry about so much spending and...

October 23, 2012

Debate post-mortem

Thanks to everybody who live-blogged the debates with me. As has been said, "that was...

October 22, 2012

Live-blogging the final presidential debate

I'm on the road, but I hope to get back to my hotel room in...

October 22, 2012

What presidential debates do

Tonight is the final presidential candidate debate. Help me live-blog it tonight at 9:00 p.m....

October 17, 2012

So who won this debate?

Thanks for the live blog from last night. So who won this debate? Do you...

October 16, 2012

Liveblogging Debate #2

Here we go again. For our not-necessarily-alcoholic drinking game, let's knock one back when we...

October 16, 2012

Debate night

Tonight is the second of the presidential candidate debates, this one in a "town hall"...