Election predictions
The thing to do today is election predictions, but I don't have any. Instead, here's Nate Silver on five reasons the Republicans might do better than expected and five reasons the Democrats might to better than expected. Go vote!
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Ezra Klein
| November 2, 2010; 10:48 AM ET
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A brand name that is remembered is a brand name that wins in the marketplace—and possibly the polling place. Lisa Merriam, naming consultant to Fortune 500 companies, conducted a fast survey of top-of-mind associations with candidate names in the 2010 House and Senate races. Here find race-by-race name analysis and winning predictions: http://bit.ly/ad2ydC
Posted by: LDMerriam1 | November 2, 2010 11:30 AM | Report abuse
Lisa Merriam's analysis (cited above) is worth reading. And I'm not just saying that because it underscores my point about VA-5 (Perriello v. Hurt, where the incumbent advertises that "Ten Years of Hurt [the non-incumbent] is Enough").
Posted by: rmgregory | November 2, 2010 11:56 AM | Report abuse
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