Politics with Paul Podcast #12 - Election 2024 Preview Part 2 - General Overview of Competitive Non-Presidential Races

What kind of factors and contexts should we look at to determine whether an election is competitive? Such aspects include campaign finances, party support, the impact of simultaneous races, and candidate qualities. Yet it’s not enough to have an advantage in any of these aspects—you must be able to harness those advantages properly. This episode takes a general overview of what makes elections competitive and which 2024 contests for US Senate, US House, governor, and state legislative chamber control are expected to be competitive. Later this week, we will take a deeper dive into what exactly makes those races competitive. Today does not have a random question. That will be saved for the end of this string of episodes on competitive non-presidential races.