Tag: Michael Barone

So Donald Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States, with Fox News declaring at 2:40 am that he had won more than 270 electoral votes. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Barone: Trump’s astonishing victory

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 8:58 am

Former senators seeking a comeback term who voted for Obamacare in 2010 seem to have both fallen short. Former Senator Evan Bayh lost to Republican Congressman Todd Young. And Republican Senator Ron Johnson, who beat incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in 2010, apparently beat him again, currently leading.

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Obamacare helps defeat two Democratic senators’ attempted comebacks

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 4:21 am

In the new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday, Trump trails Clinton by only 2 points in Colorado (44 percent-42 percent) and 6 points in Virginia (45 percent-39 percent). (AP Photos)

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Are we seeing the most astounding election night since 1980?

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 3:01 am

This suggests at least a faint chance that Trump's appeal to non-college whites. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Does Trump have a chance to carry Michigan?

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 2:08 am

Seth Schaecher, a deputy election official, displays stickers that he gives to voters, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at a polling place in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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New Hampshire may be a dead heat

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 1:56 am

Trump has now seized the lead in Florida. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Florida going down to the wire for president — and ‘Little Marco’ wins

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 1:38 am

Indiana, though expected to go for Trump, has seriously contested senator and governor races. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Clues from county returns in IN and KY

Michael Barone · November 9, 2016 12:14 am

LAT/USC is showing Hispanics voting 47 percent for Clinton and 44 percent for Trump. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Could Hispanics be surging to Trump?

Michael Barone · November 7, 2016 8:33 pm

The course of this election can be seen as more familial than institutional. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

2016: The demise of small-r republican politics

Michael Barone · November 5, 2016 4:03 am

Perhaps it should not have been so surprising that one political rule of thumb after another has proved inoperative during the 2016 election cycle. (AP Photo)

How history will judge 2016

Michael Barone · November 4, 2016 4:01 am

A Clinton loss would validate my old rule that nothing is free in politics. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Is Team Clinton booting the election?

Michael Barone · November 2, 2016 9:22 pm

Did it make sense for the Clinton campaign to attack the FBI director? (AP Photo/File)

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Barone: Hillary Clinton’s strategy is puzzling to some Dems

Michael Barone · November 2, 2016 5:23 pm