Kyle Bell

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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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John McCain likes to take credit for things that he had nothing to do with. McCain took credit for the ousting of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld after he was released from his position following the landslide 2006 defeat of Congressional Republicans. Now he’s taking credit for a GI Bill that he not only didn’t [...]

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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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Maybe Hillary Clinton and John McCain should become running mates? Not only are they using the same talking points against Obama on the campaign trail, they’re proposing the same plans! Weeks after John McCain announced a plan to cut an 18 cent gasoline tax that would do little to save people money on $4 gasoline, [...]

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John McCain is running for president, yet apparently he does not know the difference between Sunnis and Shiites. This is scary stuff, people. A man running on his “experience” (much like Hillary Clinton) is simply confused. It’s one thing to say he “misspoke”, as many media outlets contend. It is entirely different when it is [...]

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Just five days after winning a historic victory in nearly all-white Iowa by 9%, Barack Obama fell just 2% of beating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. I won’t lie, I didn’t expect him to lose. I thought a big win was coming, but it didn’t happen tonight.
Let’s keep this loss in context:
1. Barack Obama was [...]

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