November 30th, 2004
Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics
As you know, we hate to boast, but the Crystal Ball was, to our knowledge, the only established, national political source to predict that Republican Dino Rossi would defeat Democrat Christine Gregoire in the Washington State governor’s race. (If we ar e wrong, let us know and we will correct this.) As all of our [...]
Washington battle between Gregoire and Rossi still too close to call
November 4th, 2004
Matt Smyth, Senior Writer
In eleven gubernatorial races spread out from coast to coast, the Crystal Ball accurately forecast at least nine, with the match up between Democratic State Attorney General Christine Gregoire and Republican State Senator Dino Rossi still too close to call and possibly headed for a recount.
So far the lone surprise has been the race for [...]
October 4th, 2004
Larry J. Sabato, Director, U.Va. Center for Politics
President
It’s all about Bush, the incumbent, especially after John Kerry’s success in the first presidential debate in shifting the focus back to the performance of the Bush administration. The people will vote “thumbs up/thumbs down” based on Bush’s handling of the twin challenges of a shaky economy and a continuing war in Iraq. Just as [...]