Author: Bob Loevy

Bob Loevy One of the rewards of teaching, from pre-school through graduate school, is to have your former students succeed in life in a dramatic and well-publicized way. It is always a great feeling when a former pupil is elected mayor of the town or wins a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. These…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The eight Rocky Mountain states comprise the most Republican region in the United States, voting 57.8% Republican during the current decade of the 2010s. Close behind the Rocky Mountain states, however, is the South — just one-half of one percentage point behind — at 57.3% Republican. With the presidential election…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Registered Colorado voters should receive mail-in ballots in a day or two. We believe voters should pay almost as much attention to the ballot issues as to the candidates. We offer below our recommendations and forecasts. A few are tough to decide and, as you will note, the two of…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy Coloradans will soon be voting in the 2020 presidential election, choosing mainly between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger former Vice President Joe Biden. This is a good time to look at how Colorado compares in its voting behavior with the other 49 states. Throughout the past decade…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy The 2020 national and state election campaigns are entering the post-Labor Day stretch and are not pretty. Our Colorado U.S. Senate race, between Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat John Hickenlooper, seems to be guided by the old adage: “If you can’t say something nice about your opponent, then by God…

Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy No other nation has an election success record like ours. We have held 58 consecutive presidential elections since 1789 and we’ve never postponed one. Moreover, we’ve witnessed the peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another 22 times. Now we’ve begun our 59th presidential election, and most people…