Wyoming is one of the reddest of red states and there is no way that Barack Obama will win or even come close in this state. Unfortunately, it only has three electoral votes. An interesting tidbit: Wyoming has the greatest degree of federal representation in Congress as determined by population. That is, with three in Congress (two Senators and a Representative), they have the lowest | Read More »
Why two states in one day? Two reasons: both are no-brainers and some states like California, Texas and Illinois might require a two day analysis. So, this will be a fairly quick entry that involves two Republican strongholds. In Idaho, only the two incumbent Congressmen are up for re-election. They are Raul Labrador (what? A Hispanic Republican?) and Mike Simpson. Redistricting has not greatly affected | Read More »
The Utah races should be no surprises this year. Incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert leads his Democratic challenger Paul Corroon by 28 points in polling thus far. Herbert got the job when very popular Governor John Huntsman left in 2009 to become Ambassador to China. Probably the best chance for Corroon is to court the more “moderate” Republican elements in Utah. But, the Republican | Read More »
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