Election Results

    Puerto Rican voters call for statehood! …Mostly. Sort of. Not really at all, actually.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 8th at 02:30 PM  | 

    Amidst all the ballyhoo of the Presidential election came this bit of contradiction: Puerto Rico wants to become the 51st state of the US Voters in Puerto Rico have supported a non-binding referendum to become a full US state. …and this: …Tuesday’s vote comes with an asterisk and an imposing political reality: The island remains bitterly divided over its relationship to the United States and | Read More »

    Tea Party Beats the Average in Competitive Races.

    By: Chris Wilson (Diary)  |  November 10th at 02:13 PM  | 

    In the wake of last Tuesday’s election there has been much debate on the effect that the Tea Party label had on candidates for office. Last week, MSNBC’s First Read came out with an analysis of Tea Party candidates showing they only managed to win 32% of their races. Unfortunately, the approach taken by MSNBC, by looking at all races without regard to the competitiveness of | Read More »