Delaware

Thursday Daily Delawhere [11.8.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 8, 2012 • 1 Comment

Uninspiring GOP candidates drive the party into statewide obscurity

Filed in Delaware, National by Rob Tornoe on November 7, 2012 • 20 Comments

State GOP chairman John Sigler said, “We have a lot of work to do but we’ve accomplished an awful lot.” What exactly did they accomplish, and how long before they win back the trust of big donors in the party still miffed about Christine O’Donnell?

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [11.7.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 7, 2012 • 1 Comment

Your Turn

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on November 6, 2012 • 17 Comments

What are your predictions, nationally and locally? I’ve made my predictions over the last several days on the Presidency, the new Congress, our statewide and New Castle County races, and all 62 races in the State House of Representatives and State Senate. Make your predictions here in the comments, and in doing so, feel free to use the 270towin electoral college predictor map. And if you are so inclined, tell us how you are voting today. If you don’t want to, no pressure, you don’t have to. We have a secret ballot in this country. But if you want to let the rest of us in on the secret, please go ahead.

Morning Election Day Open Thread [11.6.12]

Filed in Delaware, National, Open Thread by cassandra_m on November 6, 2012 • 30 Comments

The day is finally here. You are probably still hearing from campaigns and some of you are still working for a few. Use this thread to post your observations of what is happening at your polling place, what you hear happening in Delaware or anywhere in the country.

Election Day Daily Delawhere [11.6.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 6, 2012 • 3 Comments

Monday Daily Delawhere [11.5.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 5, 2012 • 0 Comments

The Final Predictions III: The Delaware House

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on November 4, 2012 • 16 Comments

Onto the House. The Dems currently have a 26-15 member advantage over the Republicans. In the House, you need 21 seats for a majority. To win back control of the chamber, the GOP would need to win 6 seats while defending all of theirs. As you can see above, 15 Democrats are either unopposed or face nominal third party opposition, and thus are all virtual locks for reelection. So the Democrats are already 6 seats away from maintaining control of the chamber without even breaking a sweat. 5 Republicans are similarly unopposed or nominally opposed by third parties, so the current standing is 15 Democrats, 5 Republicans.

Then we move to our contested column, and again these are races where both main parties have fielded candidates, but the incumbent or the incumbent party is heavily favored to win, whether the factors be the quality of the challengers or the incumbents and the demographics of the district.

Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.4.12]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 4, 2012 • 1 Comment

The Final Predictions I: The Delaware Statewides

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on November 3, 2012 • 59 Comments

Over the course of the next three days, I will be doing several Final Prediction posts. First up, we will have the statewide races for Governor, Lt. Governor, U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative and Insurance Commissioner, with the New County County Executive and Council President races thrown in for good measure. Tomorrow I will cover the General Assembly, both the Delaware Senate and Delaware House. Monday, we will make our final predictions in the U.S. Senate races, and then finally on Tuesday morning, we will have our final polling report, with the final prediction as to who will win the Presidency. I will also, where applicable, let you know who I am voting for.

The only real question in the Statewide races is a question of margin. All the Democrats above will win, even though I will not be voting for all them.