Now that Democrats have a bare 50-50 majority with the Vice President breaking the tie, it’s an appropriate time to look ahead to the next election in order to see which party might have the initial advantage.

Listed below are political snippets on the presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and city-wide races across the country. Enjoy!

The vacant NY-22 electoral count continues to drag on with an end possibly coming soon…at least until the post-election lawsuits begin.

With original vote totals being finalized for the Georgia runoffs we see Rev. Raphael Warnock (D) defeating appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler* (R) by 73,404 votes (50.8%) while Jon Ossoff (D) unseated Sen. David Perdue*(R) with a margin of 35,615 tallies (50.4%). 

The 117th House of Representatives was called to order Sunday in an unusual commencement session, and even on the first day the House membership is not complete. 

AGC blocked a surprise federal tax increase of up to 37 percent on Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness, benefiting tens of thousands of construction firms.

The Electoral College met in the various state capitols Monday as scheduled and the electors cast their ballots in the exact correlation with the state election data. Since the Electoral College increased to 538 members in time for the 1964 presidential election, we’ve seen faithless electors, those who vote for a candidate other than whom the state voters supported, in seven presidential elections.

When examining 21st century electoral behavior, in an overwhelming number of states, we find that voters are choosing the US Senate contender of the party whose presidential candidate carries their particular electorate, and the 2020 vote is mostly no exception to such a premise.

The Daily Kos Elections organization is rapidly going through the election returns to provide a presidential vote depiction for every congressional district.

Tuesday, the California official 2020 Statement of the Vote was analyzed and Thursday attention was turned to voting statistics from the Lone Star State of Texas, a particularly interesting domain for the coming redistricting process.

Listed below are political snippets on the presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, state and city-wide races across the country. Enjoy!

The Associated General Contractors of America Political Action Committee, also known as the AGC PAC, announced today that it has endorsed David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler for the United States Senate. AGC PAC officials said they are supporting the senators’ campaigns because of their strong pro-construction record and support for the industry.

As things officially stand, Rita Hart, the Democratic nominee in the open IA-2 congressional district that occupies the southeastern part of the state, has lost to state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks* (R-Ottumwa) by a grand total of six votes from more than 393,000 ballots cast, but the challenge process is apparently not over.

Now that election results are being certified around the country, we can begin to analyze the numbers in an attempt to detect what voting patterns developed throughout the electorate.

While it became clear that the plethora of polling data published during the 2020 election cycle again proved a poor predictor of eventual campaign outcome in most states, another resource was discovered that might be the more reliable prognosticator.

On December 3, AGC, along with 564 trade associations, called on Congress to pass legislation reversing IRS policy that turns promised, tax-free PPP loan forgiveness into a taxable event.

With the presidential race still in the courts, the November 3rd unofficial results yield the mirror image of the 2016 contest. In the previous election, President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton with a 306-232 electoral vote margin. In the current election, the margin between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is exactly the same, but this time the close result yields a Democratic victory.

The 2020 Election is not quite over, but final, much anticipated results for outstanding races are slowly being called.

The 2020 election isn’t officially even in the books yet, but we do have enough info to surmise who might be some of the most competitive early targets in the 2022 elections.

Listed below are political snippets on the presidential and congressional races as well as state turnout figures from across the country. Enjoy!