Jacob SmithCorrelation, Not Causation: How to Properly Understand FiveThirtyEight’s “Trump Score”Since the start of the Trump administration, FiveThirtyEight has provided a resource called the “Trump Score,” which according to them is…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Jacob SmithThe Star Lord Theory of Opposing TrumpIn the 2018 movie Avengers- Infinity War, the Avengers must try to stop Thanos from getting all of six Infinity Stones that will give him…Sep 22, 2019Sep 22, 2019
Jacob SmithMontana: The Last, Worst Place for the President’s PartyLike many predominantly rural states, Montana swung heavily towards President Trump in the 2016 presidential election. In 2012, Barack…Sep 22, 2019Sep 22, 2019
Jacob SmithGonzales’ Million: How Partisan Identification Trumps Candidate Quality in Modern American PoliticsIn the 1985 screwball comedy Brewster’s Millions, Monty Brewster (played by Richard Pryor) is left a large inheritance by his uncle, but…Nov 19, 2018Nov 19, 2018
Jacob SmithThe Ohio General Assembly Elections: How Bernadine Kennedy Kent could become Ohio Republicans’…Recently, the Columbus Dispatch published an excellent preview of the upcoming state legislative elections in Ohio. Rather than reiterate…Oct 28, 2018Oct 28, 2018
Jacob SmithIt’s Just Math(eson): Why Democrats Can Hatch a Majority in the Beehive StateAt first glance, Democrats’ path to a Senate majority in 2018 seems daunting at best. Democrats currently hold 25 of the 33 states with…Feb 8, 2017Feb 8, 2017
Jacob SmithNo, Betsy DeVos did not buy Senators’ VotesA number of recent articles have discussed the (large) amount of money Betsy DeVos and her family have given to Republican senators to…Feb 8, 2017Feb 8, 2017