Kyle Bell

The Republican Party is moving far to the right, as was expected following the exit of independent voters in 2006 and 2008. The Tea Party wing of the party is clearly winning out. Two polls confirm the radical thinking of the few remaining members. The polling firm PPP asked respondents whether Barack Obama won last [...]

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With the election of the first African American president, Barack Obama, America won in last night’s election. Not only will he be the first black president, he will also be the first Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976. With not all of the vote yet counted, Obama [...]

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Our last electoral map update was on June 22. Now that we are in August, you would imagine that a lot has changed over the course of a month and a half. Not really. Surprisingly, the race has remained remarkably steady. The last major event to happen that changed the dynamics of the race was [...]

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This week’s update is going to be a little different than the last. We are now going to have three maps:
 
 
 

Will show states that favor either Obama or McCain and states that are competitive with the difference being less than 10%

The second map will show the same states that favor Obama or McCain, but add [...]

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Hello everyone! The last time I posted was on May 29, 2008. Hillary Clinton was still officially in the race, but the primary season mathematically ended on her weeks prior to that. She has finally since given it up, endorsing Barack Obama this past Saturday. The wounds will begin to heal after 17 months of [...]

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Kylebell.com is switching from primary to general election mode by introducing the 2008 Election Projection page and map. I will include two maps: one will be based on polling, state demographics, historic trends and previous results and the other will be my personal projection for November 4, 2008 between Barack Obama and John McCain. Both [...]

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Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein wrote an excellent piece yesterday on CNN’s website, describing what a Hillary Clinton presidency would look like:
The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential campaign, which in turn looks increasingly like the first Clinton presidency.
Which is to say, high-minded ideals, lowered execution, half truths, outright lies (and [...]

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The statewide race for Indiana’s 84 delegates has resulted in a surge of new voters. According to the Secretary of State, Indiana has seen 150,000 new voters since the start of the year. That does not include the 52,000 pending applications submitted ahead of the April 7 registration deadline for Indiana’s May 6 primary. Indiana [...]

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March 4 was not the decisive electoral day that Barack Obama was hoping for. It did not put Hillary Clinton away. But contrary to popular belief in the media, it was not a decisive electoral decision for Hillary Clinton, either. In fact, her primary mission was to close the huge delegate gap that divides her [...]

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