Cook Political Report: “Trump’s near-sweep of our 13 key counties underscores the staggering scope of the nationwide shift to the Republican Party. More than 90% of counties appear to have swung toward the GOP versus 2020, ranging from highly college-educated pockets of Northern Virginia to diverse urban strongholds like the Bronx and Chicago.”
“Even in rural Appalachia, Trump managed to squeeze slightly higher shares of the vote than he did in 2016 or 2020.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.