Kyle Bell

Yesterday, President Obama paid his seventh visit to the South Bend area (his third as president) in a speech in Wakarusa, Indiana in Elkhart County. Elkhart County, which is just east of South Bend, is nationally known for its incredibly high unemployment of nearly 17 percent. It actually peaked earlier this year and has come [...]

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Disney World is unveiling an animatronic President Obama in its Hall of Presidents, which includes the other 43 presidents. The attraction has been around since 1971 and is being updated.
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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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Senator John Kerry lashed out at the media today for their constant news coverage obsession with Rev. Wright and his recent string of interviews. And even though according to the L.A. Times it was a Hillary Clinton supporter who arranged the “spectacle” (as Obama called it) that was the Rev. Wright National Press Club event, [...]

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The race for the Democratic nomination is coming to a close. As the likely nominee, Barack Obama leads in every possible metric: popular vote, delegate count, number of states won, number of primaries won, and number of caucuses won. World War I was dubbed “The War to End All Wars”. Indiana is shaping up to [...]

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With all of the talk of the “tide turning”, as Hillary Clinton puts it, the media lost focus on a huge story in Pennsylvania’s primary yesterday. No, it was not Clinton’s 9 point win where she only managed to reduce her 160+ delegate deficit by roughly 12. Not only was Hillary expected to win, she [...]

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Barack Obama came to South Bend on April 9, 2008 for a campaign rally at Washington High School. Obama was greeted with an endorsement from South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke, as well as Congressman Tim Roemer. Obama’s visit was the first stop in a 3 day bus tour of Indiana ahead of the state’s May [...]

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