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Republicans overcome image gap
Last year, I noted that the GOP brand was in terrible shape and asked whether this would damage the party in the coming midterms. In recent months, however, the gap has narrowed, suggesting that the opposition party’s image is a lagging indicator (the GOP’s image also improved between June and November 1994). More evidence for
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Nov 1, 2010 at 12:18pm From my Twitter feed (10/29-11/1) BrendanNyhan Nov 1, 2010 at 12:08pm Obama’s "enemies" comment was unseemly, but is Boehner right that Reagan, WJC, and GWB didn’t ever use it the same way? http://j.mp/9idP89 24 HOURS OUT: ‘METEOR STRIKE’? — Boehner hits Obama for âenemiesâ — GOP sees Palin
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Oct 29, 2010 at 9:40pm From my Twitter feed (10/25-10/29) BrendanNyhan Oct 29, 2010 at 9:35pm Opposition to interracial dating strongly associated with Democratic vote preference, esp. when Obama is mentioned http://j.mp/9TjD2W YouGov – Old Fashioned Prejudice and Midterm Vote PreferenceYouGov is a research and consulting organization, pioneering the use of the Internet
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Brendan Nyhan Oct 29, 2010 at 9:37pm From my Twitter feed (10/20-10/25) BrendanNyhan Oct 25, 2010 at 4:19pm Princeton’s Sam Wang flags NV, WV, CO, and IL Senate races as the best values for donors considering polls and state size http://j.mp/92UEFN 2010 Congressional races – where to donate BrendanNyhan Oct 25, 2010 at 2:20pm Midterm
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How much are Tea Party candidates hurting the GOP?
With a few inexperienced Republican Senate candidates struggling, some analysts are suggesting that the Tea Party damaged the party’s chances in November by helping weak candidates win primary elections. That may be true in the Senate, but the GOP has always been more likely to regain its majority in the House. Despite the influence of
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Oct 20, 2010 at 6:32pm From my Twitter feed (10/18-10/20) BrendanNyhan Oct 20, 2010 at 6:28pm The Fox-ification of MSNBC continues… RT @davidfrum very disturbing story about Rachel Maddow fact abuse http://bit.ly/9P21Pt Rachel Maddow at Most Shameless: Claims GOP Congressman ‘Received Advance Notice’ of Oklahoma City Bombing | NewsBusters.org BrendanNyhan Oct 20, 2010
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Peter Baker and Barack Obama fixate on tactics
Interestingly, in the New York Times Magazine profile that came out over the weekend, President Obama knocks down what I’ve called the zombie myth of presidents “not connecting”: “I was looking over some chronicles of the Clinton years,” Obama told me, “and was reminded that in ’94 — when President Clinton’s poll numbers were lower
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Oct 18, 2010 at 1:20pm From my Twitter feed (10/15-10/18) BrendanNyhan Oct 18, 2010 at 1:18pm Andrew Ferguson’s excellent takedown of Dinesh D’Souza is also a great meta-analysis of conspiracy theorizing http://j.mp/bqtgbU The Roots of Lunacy | The Weekly Standard BrendanNyhan Oct 18, 2010 at 1:16pm Former CJR reporter/blogger @gregamarx has helped launch
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Hans Noel on the contributions of political science
My friend and co-author Hans Noel has a new article (PDF) in The Forum with the provocative title “Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don’t.” If you read this blog, you may be familiar with some of the points that he makes, but it’s a useful and provocative take on what political science has
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Twitter roundup
Brendan Nyhan Oct 15, 2010 at 2:40pm From my Twitter feed (10/12-10/15) BrendanNyhan Oct 15, 2010 at 2:18pm Study finds Fox News viewing correlated with NYC mosque misperceptions (via @ageofengagement) http://bit.ly/bR3UtZ BrendanNyhan Oct 14, 2010 at 12:41am TNR’s Jonathan Chait predicts a second-term Obama impeachment by the GOP if he’s re-elected http://j.mp/bQh1b3 A Republican Congress