It is 2024. Happy New Year! Ok, so the honeymoon should be over in a Presidential Election year at about 12:04 AM on the 1st. It is day two of the year and I am looking ahead. Local elections a...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2024/01/what-to-write-about-for-2024.html
Hamilton County voter turnout was the highest level for a local election in recent memory. Abortion rights drove most of the additional turnout. Here is voter turnout by Generation: These nu...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/12/hamilton-county-2023-turnout-by.html
For news junkies like myself, election night gives off a holiday eve vibe with lots to get exited about. Here is a list of what I look for: WHAT TIME WILL THE INITIAL RESULTS COME IN FROM THE...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/11/what-to-watch-for-in-election-night.html
The election is two weeks away and for City Council, we have no change. We are still going to have 8 Democrats on City Council. The largest majority for a single party in many decades. The right ...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/10/cincinnati-city-council-election.html
Early voting starts on Wednesday October 11th and it seems like there is no campaign going on. If you are reading this you might be longing for some political coverage of the election, but there ...
Tumble weeds are traveling across the pollical landscape in the 2023 Cincinnati City Council race. There is nearly no campaigning going on. With only ten candidates that is not a surprise. Audric...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/09/cincinnati-city-council-election.html
There are 11 candidates for the 2023 Cincinnati City Council election. The August 24th deadline to turn in petitions came and went this week and no additional candidates turned any in. That is ...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/08/cincinnati-city-council-election-august.html
Without a single vote cast, I can project that the Cincinnati Democratic Party will retain AT LEAST seven seats and a super majority on Cincinnati City Council. For those skeptical of my basic ma...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/08/cincinnati-democrats-win-super-majority.html
Issue 1 went down in flames, but that was not the only development in local Politics here in Cincinnati. City Council Elections are coming up and turnout is going to drive who get's elected, pa...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/08/issue-1-turnout-and-abortion-issue-on.html
Ohio Democracy dodged another bullet. Republicans were humiliated less than a hour after the polls closed when every major election specialist called the race for the No on Issue 1 Campaign. Ur...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/08/ohio-issue-1-goes-down-in-flames.html
I don't know if Issue 1 will pass tomorrow or not. I have no statewide data or secret polling data. The election hinges on two things: 1) Convincing people on the merits and 2) Voter turnout. ...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/08/ohio-issue-1-predictions-mix-of-numbers.html
Are there going to be more than ten candidates for Cincinnati City Council? There is barely anyone outside of the nine endorsed Democrats and the one Republican who has any online campaign presen...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/07/cincinnati-city-council-election-july.html
After a long delay, the Cincinnati Democratic Committee finally made its endorsements for Cincinnati City Council race. All eight sitting members were endorsed, along with first time candidate An...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/06/cincinnati-city-council-election-june.html
A big news Friday for the Cincinnati City Council Election. There is controversy that will stir up a little bit of coverage for an otherwise uneventful and unnervingly quiet election year. Coun...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/06/lets-see-action-lets-see-people-lets.html
In 2017 we knew by the end of April who was endorsed as a Democratic Candidate for City Council. Prior to that they endorsed 10 candidates in 2013 and it was a mess. In 2021 there was pointless d...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/05/cincinnati-city-council-election-may.html
Not sure about you, but if I didn't know better, I would think we are still a year or more away from the next Cincinnati City Council Election. In reality, the deadline to turn in petitions to ge...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2023/04/cincinnati-city-council-election-april.html
November 7, 2023 is Election Day in the City of Cincinnati and all nine seats on City Council are up for election. In case you forgot, City Council terms are two years, again, so we are back at...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/11/cincinnati-city-council-elections-are.html
Turnout in the Hamilton County Overall was down from 2018. Here is the generational breakdown of the turnout by generation in the County, the City, and the non-City portion of the county in the...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/11/hamilton-county-voter-turnout-by.html
I am sure there are political journalists who will have a few thousands words describing how Greg Landsman defeated Steve Chabot in the Ohio 1st Congressional District. I can sum it up much qui...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/11/how-greg-landsman-defeated-steve-chabot.html
Beyond turnout in Hamilton County, there are several local elections to follow this Tuesday on Election Night that I will be intently watching. Not all of these will be nail biting cliffhangers...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/11/local-cincinnati-area-races-to-follow.html
Through Friday October 28, 2022 Hamilton County data, Early and Absentee Voting totals combined are up in comparison to 2018. The increase, however, is small at .69% (less than 1%). Early in ...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/10/early-and-absentee-voting-trends-for.html
Early and Absentee votes are starting to come in for the November Election. Numbers are significantly up in comparison to the last MidTerm election in 2018, but those numbers are pre-COVID so...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/10/hamco-early-and-absentee-vote-totals-by.html
Christopher Smitherman has a plan to win a seat on the Hamilton County Commission. The former member of Cincinnati City Council has gambled that a perfect storm will occur that if he takes t...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/10/the-smitherman-gambit-dont-bet-on-it.html
On the outside chance someone reading this blog is actually not registered to vote for this year’s general election, the last day to do so is October 11, 2022. Go here for information on how t...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/09/last-day-to-register-to-vote-in-ohio-is.html
There is no easy way to estimate voter turnout. It varies by election and by location. One factor that can be an indicator is voter registration. I've done a simple analysis for Hamilton Co...
https://www.cincyblog.com/2022/09/there-are-signs-of-hamilton-county.html