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How to Read the 2025 Election Tea Leaves

October 23, 2025 |
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When ballots are counted across America in less than two weeks, the punditry will focus on the New York mayoral race and the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial contests. Knowing that these races could be predictive of next year’s midterms, who won and why will dominate headlines. But there’s another important question to ask: Compared with what?

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November 14, 2012 |
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The GOP is undergoing the type of re-examination that occurs whenever a party loses. That useful exercise should be guided by facts. Here is some of what we know....
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November 06, 2012 |
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In a difficult political environment, President Barack Obama charted an unusual and impressive course to victory, defeating Mitt Romney by 2% (50% to 48%)....
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October 30, 2012 |
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It comes down to numbers. And in the final days of this presidential race, from polling data to early voting, they favor Mitt Romney....
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October 24, 2012 |
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This year's presidential election was transformed between the first debate's opening statements in Denver and the closing statements in Boca Raton. As a result, most of the negative impressions created by the Obama campaign's five-month, $300-million tele...
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October 17, 2012 |
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Americans on Tuesday night watched what was the most ferocious presidential debate ever. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney circled and interrupted each other, jabbed fingers, got into each other's space, and exchanged verbal body blows for 90 minutes at Hof...
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October 10, 2012 |
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How big an impact did Mitt Romney's performance in last week's debate have? Huge. Mr. Romney not only won the night, he changed the arc of the election—and perhaps its outcome....
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October 03, 2012 |
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I've seen a movie like this one before. I was in my 20s and director of the Texas Victory Committee for Reagan-Bush. Our headquarters was in an old mortuary in Austin....
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September 26, 2012 |
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When George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney in a Sept. 14 "Good Morning America" interview what he's learned about President Obama as a debater, the former Massachusetts governor replied, "I think he's going to say a lot of things that aren't accurate...

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