CMC Congress Course: Congressional Elections II: 2018

ABOUT THIS BLOG

I shall post videos, graphs, news stories, and other material there. We shall use some of this material in class, and you may review the rest at your convenience. You will all receive invitations to post to the blog. (Please let me know if you do not get such an invitation.) I encourage you to use the blog in these ways:

To post questions or comments about the readings before we discuss them in class;
To follow up on class discussions with additional comments or questions.
To post relevant news items or videos.

There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.

Presidential results by House district

The O. Henry Ad:

(Gosar won.)

The Funny Ad:

(Paulsen lost.)

The Inspiring Ad:

Approval: the losses are more severe when the president is unpopular. Trump was unpopular.

Approval was highly polarized

Polarization has been increasing:

Image result for gallup approval "polarization" republican democratic