North Dakota Democrats are trumpeting new polling from DFM Research, the pollster who did a pretty good job of calling Heidi Heitkmap’s win over Rick Berg in the Senate race last year, which they claim shows that Rep. Kevin Cramer is “vulnerable.” But a close look at the numbers indicates that it’s a pretty poll…
North Dakota House End-of-Session Legislative Vote Ranking
As you may recall, we at SAB scored the Legislative Assembly based on their voting record at the crossover earlier this session. When Rob and I first set out to track legislative voting trends in the House and Senate at crossover, we were primarily doing so out of our own curiosity on one hand, and…
The Myth of the Republican Super Majority
By the numbers, the NDGOP can claim a super-majority in both chambers of the Legislature (as well as within the state government elected offices). The House claims 71 of 94 seats as Republican-controlled, with 33 of 47 in the Senate. They never hesitate to bring up the fact a super majority exists, and it does…