By Rick Shaftan Ted Cruz, the ultimate outsider, was totally positioned to win in 2016 — even against a ruthless candidate like Trump. And he
Author: Rick Shaftan
Rick Shaftan of Neighborhood Research/Mountaintop Media is a national political consultant, pollster and controversial electoral combatant best known in New Jersey for his past work with former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.
Getting Under the #MSSen Numbers
GETTING UNDER THE NUMBERS – AN EXAMINATION OF FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI VOTING IN THE FIRST PRIMARY AND THE RUNOFF By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Every
#MSSen Postmortem
Republicans Defeated Eric Cantor But Couldn’t Defeat Thad Cochran By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Last week we rebutted claims that Democrats elected Dave Brat when
GOP Bridgegate Silence Explained?
OPINION: How Chris Christie’s Coattailless Landslide Jaded Down-Ballot Republicans When He Needed Them Most By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Many commentators, both inside and out
Four Men Who Changed the World
By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog Fifty years ago this morning, men still wore crewcuts, hats and narrow ties. Women’s fashions were decided
Analyzing Booker’s Bergen Victory
High-Income Whites Put Booker Over the Top By Rick Shaftan | The Save Jersey Blog It’s not often that a Republican wins Wallington, South Hackensack,