… The Romney campaign was shocked on election night. Advisers had predicted that Romney would win decisively. That confidence was based largely on their polling, which was based on a generous interpretation of the electorate. The Obama campaign, by contrast, had several different streams of polling information coming in. [cont.] […] Read more »
Report & video: The Obama Coalition in the 2012 Election and Beyond
Since Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1968 and George McGovern’s run in 1972, progressives have sought to create a multiracial, multiethnic, cross-class coalition—made up of African Americans, Latinos, women, young people, professionals, and economically populist blue-collar whites—supporting an activist government agenda to expand economic opportunities and personal freedoms for […] Read more »
One month later, Republicans find plenty of blame for election loss
Almost a month has passed since Mitt Romney’s defeat in the 2012 presidential election, but the finger pointing continues. Some Republicans charge that Romney was a flawed candidate, while others insist the party’s image was a drag on the ticket. There’s the argument that the Romney campaign was outmaneuvered by […] Read more »
Was it hurricane Sandy that won it for President Obama?
Many forecasted that Mitt Romney would defeat President Obama in the 2012 presidential election. They were wrong. Some of those who were incorrect took it in stride and admitted as much. Others, such as Twitter sensation and National Review blogger Josh Jordan (aka NumbersMuncher), decided that their logic was sound, […] Read more »
The Sea-Change in Colorado
… The election eve polls conducted by Latino Decisions indicated that almost 87% of Colorado Latinos … supported Obama in Colorado and 88% supported the Democrat in Congressional elections. Those numbers are staggering. Combine this overwhelming support for Democrats with what The Pew Center estimates as 14% of the electorate […] Read more »
Presidential campaigns rehash what worked and what did not in race for the White House
Top officials of President Obama’s reelection campaign have pulled back the curtain a bit on why, as public opinion polls were bouncing around during the 2012 race, they remained so certain that their strategy was working. The reason: Massive amounts of their own polling — not just nationally and in […] Read more »