Michigan is fairly consistently a competitive state at both the federal and statewide level. The governorship tends to alternate between both major parties every 8 years, and the it happens to be an open seat race this year. This promises to be both a competitive primary and general election. JMC polled the Republican primary for Governor (August 4 is the primary date), and t...

Ever since 2008, Georgia has become a competitive swing state whose winners have carried the state by relatively narrow margins. This year’s statewide races promise to be similarly competitive, with an open governor’s race and a competiive US Senate race.

JMC polled both the (Republican primaries for the) Governor and Senate race.

Louisiana has since the 1970s had an open primary system for electing its public officials, whereby candidates (regardless of party) run on the same primary and/or general election ballot. That system was modified over a year ago, when a “semi closed” primary with party primaries/runoffs/general elections was resuscitated for “top of the ballot” offices like U.S. Senate, U.S....