By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. Two of the leading organizations rating congressional races…

The Joe Biden campaign is feeling super this morning, but the results from “Super Tuesday” may be less than super for the future of the Iowa…

“That’s an empirical statement.” I can still hear one of my advisors in graduate school, Kevin Smith, making this comment as we discussed new…

In a recent New York Times column, John Paulos, a mathematician at Temple University, discussed the difficulty of assessing the threat from the…

By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. Much has been written about the “courage” of Senator Mitt…

KWWL Political analyst, Dr. Chris Larimer, stops by to talk about fallout from the Iowa caucus chaos. Here is a link to the interview:…

On Tuesday afternoon, the Iowa Democratic Party released results from 62 percent of the precincts statewide. Given the frustration of having no…

By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. Putting aside the issues with the reporting of results, the…

The Presidential nominating process is about to begin. It all starts Monday night with the Iowa Precinct Caucuses. KWWL Political Analyst, Dr. Chris…

By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. Iowa caucus-goers are notorious for being “late-deciders”…