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Ticket Splitting

2020 elections Feb. 23, 2021

Straight-Ticket Voting Took Another Big Leap in 2020The days of congressional candidates running far ahead of the national ticket are all but over.

By Ed Kilgore
politics Jan. 3, 2021

5 Lessons About Politics for 2021The 2020 election may be over, but it’s got lessons for the future.

By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections Nov. 30, 2020

Democrats Didn’t Have As Bad an Election As You Might ThinkThe conventional wisdom is that Biden won but his party “lost” the battle for the House and the Senate. That’s not really true.

By Ed Kilgore
2020 senate elections July 18, 2019

Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest ApproachesThe senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.

By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms Nov. 21, 2018

2018 Midterms Offered More Proof That Split-Ticket Voting Is a Thing of the PastDespite some much-publicized exceptions, voters in the 2018 midterms tended to go all-in on one party.

By Ed Kilgore
June 30, 2018

Senate Democrats Are Fighting Some Brutal Trends in the MidtermsIn November, they must overcome not just an adverse landscape, but a recent trend toward partisan consistency in Senate voting.

By Ed Kilgore
Nov. 11, 2016

The Election Without Ticket-SplittersEverybody thought unpopular White House candidates would mean more cross-party voting. Not so.

By Ed Kilgore
Sept. 1, 2016

Should Hillary Clinton Spend So Much Time Pursuing Republican Voters?There’s not much evidence that all of the outreach to GOP voters is working, and it could even help Republicans hang on to Congress.

By Ed Kilgore
Aug. 10, 2016

Republicans Will Need a Return to Ticket-Splitting If Trump Gets TrouncedTicket-splitting is on the decline in recent presidential-election years, but Donald Trump could be just the guy to bring it back.

By Ed Kilgore