The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. is serving as headquarters this morning for NCSL’s StateVote 2008 program. Speaking to an impressive collection of corporations, industry professionals, associations, and public affairs firms, NCSL's Tim Storey and Jennie Drage Bowser of NCSL are providing a deeper analysis of Tuesday’s state legislative elections and ballot measures.
For those who could not be here for this event, NCSL will be offering a scaled-back version of this program via a Webinar on Thursday, Nov. 13. Details about the Webinar are available on our website.
Some items of interest emerging from today’s discussion that will be part of Thursday’s Webinar include discussion on:
- coattails and “reverse” coattails generated by Barack Obama’s historic win;
- how voter attitudes about divided government seem to be shifting;
- the only region where Democrats did not make state legislative gains;
- why the 2010 election is shaping up as a critical election and why history suggests it will be a good year for Republicans;
- fewer “crowded ballots” for voters this year;
- why we can expect more ballot measures in future years on renewable energy; and
- whether ballot measures affect voter turnout.
NCSL's StateVote 2008 will continue to provide updates, statistics and other data resulting from the Nov. 4 election.
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