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Smart Politics is the blog of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Smart Politics provides thoughtful, data-driven, non-partisan analysis of public policy and statewide and district elections for Upper Midwestern and national politics.
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2 September 2010 | 10:00 pm
Democrats have never won a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin when they have lost their U.S. Senate race A general rule of thumb when anticipating results on Election Day is that the race at the top [...]
Democrats have never won a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin when they have lost their U.S. Senate race A general rule of thumb when anticipating results on Election Day is that the race at the top [...]
1 September 2010 | 10:51 pm
Champlin and Lakeland have the largest Republican tilts for U.S. House campaign contributions; Anoka, Elk River, and Minneapolis have the largest Democratic tilts This is the sixth in a series of repo [...]
Champlin and Lakeland have the largest Republican tilts for U.S. House campaign contributions; Anoka, Elk River, and Minneapolis have the largest Democratic tilts This is the sixth in a series of repo [...]
31 August 2010 | 11:32 pm
Small western suburban city of less than 5,000 residents has given $415,000+ to Minnesota U.S. House candidates - third highest in the state and less than $30,000 behind St. Paul This is the fifth in [...]
Small western suburban city of less than 5,000 residents has given $415,000+ to Minnesota U.S. House candidates - third highest in the state and less than $30,000 behind St. Paul This is the fifth in [...]
30 August 2010 | 10:45 pm
No Alaskan candidate for statewide office has won more than 27 percent in a write-in campaign; Senator Ernest Gruening's model for potential Murkowski write-in candidacy netted just 17 percent in 1968 [...]
No Alaskan candidate for statewide office has won more than 27 percent in a write-in campaign; Senator Ernest Gruening's model for potential Murkowski write-in candidacy netted just 17 percent in 1968 [...]
29 August 2010 | 11:11 pm
New Mexico, Alaska, and Indiana have provided the tightest gubernatorial races in the nation since 1900; over the last three decades: Mississippi, Illinois, and Virginia This is the eighth in a series [...]
New Mexico, Alaska, and Indiana have provided the tightest gubernatorial races in the nation since 1900; over the last three decades: Mississippi, Illinois, and Virginia This is the eighth in a series [...]
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