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« on: April 26, 2018, 01:26:16 PM »
Which state is the most inelastic?
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2018, 01:32:24 PM »
Either Alabama or Mississippi.
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2018, 02:04:05 PM »
The entire Deep South other than Georgia, which still isn't very elastic.
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2018, 02:07:40 PM »
Obviously Utah? On the Democratic side maybe Washington. There wasn't a Republican governor in a long time.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2018, 03:48:10 PM »
Mississippi
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2018, 03:55:55 PM »
Utah's actually quite elastic, especially for the region; I think it might be more elastic than any state bordering it, except maybe Colorado. Idaho is the really inelastic Mountain West state.

Mississippi seems like the correct answer here, closely followed by Alabama. Doug Jones' win is up there on most impressive electoral accomplishments of the 21st century.
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2018, 05:44:59 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2018, 06:24:02 PM »
“Elasticity/inelasticity” are hilariously overused terms that need to be killed with fire.
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2018, 08:14:09 PM »
It should be Alabama but Doug Jones won.
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2018, 08:36:08 AM »
Quote from: MT Treasurer on April 26, 2018, 06:24:02 PM
“Elasticity/inelasticity” are hilariously overused terms that need to be killed with fire.

No need to kill them, just use them correctly. Political elasticity is basically a measure of how many truly swing voters are in a jurisdiction. One appropriate measure is to look at the number of ticket spitters in an election. Another is to compare the vote deviation from the PVI over time, where higher average deviations reflect greater elasticity.
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2018, 05:36:22 PM »
Oklahoma seems pretty inelastic nowadays.
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2018, 05:42:20 PM »
Quote from: darthpi on May 01, 2018, 05:36:22 PM
Oklahoma seems pretty inelastic nowadays.
Edmondson could win the gubernatorial race. The race is only likely R.
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2018, 05:47:38 PM »
Alabama
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2018, 09:02:24 PM »
Wyoming.
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2018, 09:04:55 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2018, 07:50:09 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2018, 09:48:42 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2018, 10:21:33 PM »
California. Democrats have an iron-clad lock on every statewide office there for the foreseeable future. They have no equivalent of Doug Jones or Jim Hood.
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« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2018, 11:41:02 PM »
Are Hawaii and/or DC more likely to vote GOP than California? Hawaii has no Republicans statewide or in the State Senate.
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