Real Numbers and Other Musings

Cross-posted at  PolitickerNJ An article in the Star-Ledger today reports on a poll that gives President Barack Obama and Governor Chris ...

A slew of polls were released on the eve of sorta-Super Tuesday.  It’s not quite the stellar lineup originally planned.  Texas pushed its ...

With Governor Chris Christie about to unveil his new budget, it’s a good time to reconcile the agenda items of various players in New Jers...

Cross-posted at  PolitickerNJ It’s referendum mania in Trenton!  The governor and Republican legislators want to put same sex marriage t...

Cross-posted at  PolitickerNJ [Acknowledgements:  Some of the data for this analysis was made available by NBC News, where I was an entr...

[Acknowledgements:  The data for this analysis was made available by NBC News, where I was an exit poll analyst on primary night.] Mitt Ro...

New Jersey’s legislative leadership announced today that their first bill of the new session will be legalizing gay marriage.  Senate ...

Sure, it was only by 8 votes.  And the vote count probably wasn’t accurate.  And it has no bearing on the actual number of Iowa delegates he...

I’m getting ready to drive 250 miles for Christmas, so this lacks the in-depth number crunching you’ve come to know and love me for.  But ...

Sure, I know Iowa’s nearly two weeks away.  But I’m taking next week off, so I thought I’d go out on a limb and make some predictions now ab...

So here we go again.  Another New Jersey redistricting commission will sequester itself in New Brunswick’s Heldrich Hotel.  This time, Cong...

The latest Rasmussen poll has Newt Gingrich with a 21 point lead over Mitt Romney among Republican voters.   How did this happen? Well, a fe...