2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races

With the exception of a Republican Congressional runoff (and other statewide and local races as well) this Saturday in Louisiana, we are now in the thick of election season.  In fact, early voting has already commenced in seven states, and more states will be joining in throughout October.  Accordingly, the amount of polling released has accelerated. While presently we are basing our analyses on a composite of polls conducted over the last 14 days, subsequent analyses performed between now and Election Day will be with a 7 day lookback period. Our rankings are based on the following criteria:

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John Couvillon is a political consultant and blogger with JMC Enterprises of Louisiana, Inc.  with expertise in poll sample development and analysis, development of targeted voter files for phone canvassing or mail outs, campaign strategy and demographic consulting, among other things. See his site at WinWithJMC.com for more information.