Analysis Of The New Jersey Gubernatorial Election

With 2017 quickly coming to an end, the congressional and governor races are heating up. One race that is flying under the radar is the New Jersey 5th congressional district election. Democratic incumbent Josh Gottheimer is bracing up for what should be a hotly contested seat. As a New Jersey native, I have a keen sense of the type of people that Gottheimer needs to reach out to. The New Jersey 7th district, where I am from, is not much different than that of the 5th. Both are wealthy areas that tend to vote Republican. The Democratic Party has had a setback, especially with the 2016 presidential election, but Gottheimer is one bright spot that they cannot afford to lose. In order to retain his seat, which I believe he will, Josh

In “New York Captures Presidential Race” writer Richard Cohen talks about how the presidential candidates are all campaigning in New York City. Cohen says, “New York is back –once again the mudder of presidents, in the local vernacular.” Cohen talks about how New York has always been important for the presidential candidates. Throughout the article Cohen gives us many examples about how New York is important to presidency. According to Cohen, most candidates ran for president in New York or they return to New York after their presidency is over. After Hillary Clinton and her husband left the white house, Hillary ran for senate in New York and won. Robert F Kennedy also ran for Senate in New York and won. Another example is Richard Nixon moved

The Nevada 3rd Congressional District election is currently an open seat in the house. With having the current incumbent Jacky Rosen announcing that she would not be running for reelection in 2018. Instead she is a seeking the Senate Seat. Therefore this district, which is a typically a swing district, has a lot of rumors flying about who will run and even more about which side will pick up the win.

The 2014 mid-term elections are some of the most telling that the United States has experienced within the past several decades. As President Barack Obama serves out his final term in office, many throughout the country are wondering which of the two major political parties will have the upper hand in government as America moves toward the next Presidential Election of 2016. In recent years, Florida has been considered one of the closest “battleground states” in all of the United States. The 2000 Presidential Election resulted in the votes needing to be recounted to finally give Republican candidate George W. Bush the victory over Democrat Al Gore and the last two Presidential Elections boasted narrow victories for the Democratic Party. The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election will likely feature incumbent Republican Rick Scott facing-off with Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, both a former governor of Florida and former member of the Republican Party. The contest is likely to be one of the closest races in all of 2014, and recently polling has shown the projected outcome of the race to be almost entirely unpredictable. After careful analysis of the Florida electorate, past elections, the primary candidates, public opinion polls, and projected campaign spending, I conclude that incumbent Governor Rick Scott will be re-elected to the governorship for his second term as head of the Florida

In a stunning upset, the deep red state voted for the first Democratic Senator in more than two and a half decades in a slim victory, giving the Democrat party momentum heading into the 2018 election while wounding a divided GOP.

When the words “swing state” are mentioned, Florida is perhaps one of the first states a person may think of. In this year’s election cycle, the story is no different. Florida has a single senate seat up for election, and Marco Rubio (R), and Patrick Murphy (D) are hoping to claim it on November 8th. Marco Rubio has held that seat since the last senate election in 2010, giving him an edge as the incumbent. Patrick Murphy is the challenger and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. A glance at any polling numbers shows Rubio ahead, and most have shown him ahead since the beginning of the race. The polls do not show a commanding lead, as one may expect from an incumbent. While polling margins are slimmer than many average incumbents, money has not stopped flowing to Rubio. His finances are typical of an incumbent particularly that of a closely contested race. It may be impossible to tell which has the greater effect of Rubio’s fundraising. In states that are typically swing states and have close political races, simple analyses such as incumbency advantage may not fully explain the results and polls in the race.

North Carolina holds thirteen seats in the house of representatives along with the two senate seats given to every state. As a state, North Carolina has elected representatives identifying primarily as republicans, with few democrats in Congress, a common distribution in states today with a Conservative Republican President and Republican-Majority Congress. In the House of Representatives, George Butterfield, George Holding, Walter Jones, David Price, Virginia Foxx, Mark Walker, David Rouzer, Richard Hudson, Robert Pittenger, Patrick McHenry, Mark Meadow, Alma Adams, and Ted Budd represent each of the thirteen districts of the state respectively. North Carolina’s elected

In the article "National Party Division and Divisive State Primaries in U.S. presidential Elections” the main focus is on the affiliation that divisive state primaries and general elections and their affect on presidential campaigns and state campaigns. In order to measure the influence of divisiveness in presidential campaigns, it is crucial to find the level of impact national party division and divisive primaries in individual states. Thus, it was through the comprehensive model that the authors were able retrieve the state result in presidential campaigns from both state and national level. One of the main arguments in the article is whether national-level or state-level divisiveness has a greater impact on state-level results in presidential

Compare and contrast the presidential elections of 2004 and 2012 on the following factors: 1) Election results; So as I talk about the comparisons of two presidential elections, I look at the differences between the year 2004 and 2012. During the year 2004, the candidates that were running for office was George W. Bush (Republican), John Kerry (Democratic) and Ralph Nader (Independent). The race for winning the seat of office in 2004 was a slight close one, with the results of Bush getting 286 electoral votes (62,040,606 votes 51%), Kerry getting 252 electoral votes (59,028,109 votes 48%) and Nader getting zero electoral votes (411,304 votes 1%).

In the New Hampshire primaries, many candidates in both Democratic and Republican categories. The candidates who do not follow the political views society deems as better rose to the occasion of winning the votes in both categories. The intense primaries depicted strengths and weaknesses in all candidates and the immediate decision for its representatives Trump and Sanders. Two main points that were arguably the most eye catching was the clear win of Sanders against Hillary and the shocking results in the runner ups of the Republican party.

With arguably the most controversial presidential election at bay, one of the most analyzed topics is immigration, specifically in regard to the 11 million people that are illegally living in the United States. In the discussion on immigration I reside on the right side of the continuum but I am more in the middle of the right side. My initial position regarding immigration involved me agreeing that we should deport the illegal immigrants unless they had been here for a long period of time; such as 10 years or more. I feel that for an illegal immigrant to have lived here for that long then they would not have done anything significantly wrong because if they would have done so then they would have been caught and deported. I also feel that illegal in any context is wrong, therefore the individuals who have committed these crimes should be dealt with accordingly. At the same time, I also feel that disrupting a family’s life is also out of line even if they went about the whole process illegally. This debate is difficult to pick apart and I personally struggled finding out what I truly supported or didn’t, I continuously contradicted myself. My initial position stands for the deportation of illegal immigrants but by taking a humanitarian perspective about it.

Christopher James Christie is an American politician, served as U.S Attorney from 2002-2008, a member of Republican Party, Husband, and Father. Christie was also the fifty fifth governor of New Jersey in 2009 and was re-elected in 2013; his term ends January 16th, 2018. When reading up on everything that Chris Christie wants to do and believes in, I Believe that he is a good voice for politics because he wants to help. He notices somethings that are happening in the world today that maybe holding certain people back from being as successful as they could be and he wants to assist the best way that he can. The things that he has discussed are things that many people go through every day and many people would agree with the changes that he wants to make happen.

Craig begins on page 45 with his disposition on swing votes “a swing voter is a voter who could go either way- someone who is not so solidly committed to one candidate or the other” (Craig 46). Swing voters can be change who they will vote for and are easier to attract. Craig identifies swing voters on page 47 as “(1) those who are undecided, and (2) those who, though they have a current preference, say they might change their mind between the interview and the election” (Craig, 47). Craig “to indicate how favorable or unfavorable they view each of the presidential candidates by rating them on a so-called thermometer scale ranging from 0 to 100 degrees” (Craig 47). The far left and right extremes (-100 and 100) represent the

There are two major parties (Democrat and republican) that organized at the national, county and precinct levels. In order to ensure that the states and local party organizations have the opportunity to decide their positions on party issues each majority party is loosely organized. Furthermore Texas Election Code mandates that the two major parties are very similar in make up.

New Jersey like many other states relies on a tax system to provide many different services to its citizens including schools, roads, public health, and safety. Correspondingly, it has to raise the money required to