Politics & Policy

While KristenSoltis.com is home to assorted blog posts and pieces, there are plenty to read elsewhere.

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Recent Writing on Politics

“The Vanishing Young Republicans” – Master’s Thesis for JHU

The Tea Party: Who’s Invited? – Huffington Post (April 2, 2010)

New Poll on Tea Parties Has Surprises – Washington Examiner (April 2, 2010)

Tea Party Movement: Driven by Concerns About the Economy - NRO “The Corner” (April 1, 2010)

Generation O and the Switch to Generation GOP- The Daily Caller (February 25, 2010)

Republican Party’s red-ink argument - w/Kevin Madden, POLITICO (December 10, 2009)

Young Voters, One Year Later – Pollster.com (December 1, 2009)

Health care debate deserves an honest forum - Orlando Sentinel (September 5, 2009)

Health Care gives GOP opportunity with Young Voters – The Washington Examiner (August 17, 2009)

The GOP’s Challenge to Win Back Young Voters – The Huffington Post (June 2, 2009)

The Vanishing Young Republicans – RealClearPolitics (May 1, 2009)

Young Voters, The GOP, and Race - Pollster.com (April 21, 2009)

Young Voters, Taxes, and the Government – The Next Right (April 15, 2009)

Young Voters, The GOP, and Gay Marriage – The Next Right (April 13, 2009)

GOP Faces Long Term Challenge with the Young, Independents – Pollster.com (November 13, 2008)

Making Lemonade: Being Republican in an Obama America – The Next Right (November 5, 2008)

Recent Writing on Policy

Their Own Worst Enemies - NRO’s The Corner (March 3, 2010)

A Party in the Holiday Spirit, 365 Days a Year – The Next Right (December 24, 2008)

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner: Direct versus Brokered Member Campaign Contributions to the NRCC – American Politics Research, sub. req. (May 1, 2008)

Recent Writing on Polling

In Defense of Polling on Public Policy - Pollster.com (March 4, 2010)

“Never Judge a Poll By Its Headline” - Washington Examiner (October 23, 2009)

Dispatches: Thoughts from a Young Pollster – Pollster.com (February 19, 2009)

Poll Vaulting – The American Spectator Online (October 28, 2008)

Party ID: The Case for Weights and Historical Margins – Pollster.com (August 7, 2008)

Pollster Secrets Revealed! - Doublethink Online (May 22, 2008)