EPIC JOURNEY

This blog continues the discussion we began with Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009).The next book in this series is The Comeback: the 2024 Elections and American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2025).

Friday, May 2, 2014

The 2014 Midterm: An Overview

The Big Picture

The economy

  • GDP
  • Unemployment and labor force participation

Public opinion

  • Approval of the president
  • Attitudes toward ACA

House Elections

  • Gerrymandering:  intentional and unintentional
  • Generic vote

Senate Elections

  • The peculiar cycle of Senate elections
  • Republicans threw away seats in 2010 and 2012
  • This time, they might not.
    • Michigan
    • Arkansas
    • Oregon
California
  • Top two and turnout
  • Donnelly
  • An double-edged endorsement
Pitney at 1:40 PM
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