Subject: ALG announces new offices, plus rundown of Presidential Race in the Midwest
From: Anzalone Liszt Grove Research <[email-masked]>
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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:46:56 -0400 (EDT)

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June 18, 2015

Anzalone Liszt Grove Research
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Friends,

We at ALG are excited to announce our new ALG Midwest office in Chicago, led by 
Brian Stryker. We have conducted polling in the region for more than 20 years, working
on everything from city council races in the most liberal parts of Chicago to winning
rural congressional races in Iowa to beating back John Kasich's attempt to end collective
bargaining in Ohio. Stryker has been with ALG since 2010 and previously worked in
our Washington, DC office. As part of this office launch, below we share an article
Stryker wrote for the Huffington Post [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2YBAvXA6XvyzGtRQFzvqW76Wvrba3k0d3A-yw6CCqgiECzBxYuPaZJWLKgvqh7MFzIvtUy1_kZs43CsPFuq3t48zqxprrmI3eggY60lQMElIC_hz3H29WT_uZMW-7GKH8zWqqm3spblvm2jAc_vg3YGLrFQUBX5mb92OhucUnE123evSlfNJMaOZQLHYno1Qsk19TP-_DbyfCoY9usceN9RNa4E884Bf2jzWeXuYCfyrwcU223kp-kuNvGL9av5jQByOViL61VGBl6tjNIiKV9hWcxDlSeAu-JTN61f79_OBdw4ia93A7X-U1uv-SGKv4QkihdRH1d2LMRxMGi3_J2x8FIB-CoftrgSNoBRhkdu0=&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
taking a look at the race for President in the Midwest.

We also would like to announce the opening of our Honolulu office and the "Aloha
 Division." Partner Lisa Grove has been based in Hawai'i for over five years on 
the remote outpost of L&#x0101;na'i, working for a range of clients on the mainland
US as well as for Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Governor David Ige, the Hawai'i State
Teachers Association and other island clients. Grove has now opened an ALG office
in the state capital and continues to work for clients around the country, including
EMILY's List, Freedom to Marry, multiple members of Congress, international labor
unions, and more.

ALG's physical footprint (and partners) by year of office founding:

* Montgomery, AL (main office, founded 1994)

* John Anzalone [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2yxvxzc7k8guvePsKiYFwHqxeycyaorb0BRlqmCJoePVXWBtHjKk4FF3wJ3eGtgcFWSKvHWeN9VIo0pLZzgZiqfa6u9MWYH97iDiHw8L5ESO2f4m_f6Gdf5YYdUqft-0LrMnhpXzmE7ePIKA5DCYFuF1QyZOmFGvTD30stL4M6ib5b-z0ig5XXqUHoeQoIRGRsvb_J-5DWLUWRr-hV8ZfD8DAqYMAD4JK2c_LKX2q2BsXZexL8qkWurtYkGAkC7mBr_l3UHeqj-4-7XtXgPaBHvgYVJu64R3Xn0qWhgh2ekpp2FYlZyDSmkVhjGg8Vig2CnowknO9U1W2O2ExLxun4g==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
* Zac McCrary [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2pE_5HZyeuAH-4z6evtBUN4SH2aPNF7hytoQOTEMxE2l0mVdy1E_89C1WwS6CkKqnbprOFStsqjfyTCeQ0bLkR27Ayka5DAR0OuTxjFr3F1xGNYN0XYaa-Sa8fzUFNgefYMViUrAYeRmzkIeHQA_pxKlgg7E-f_Y2gj7870Qp7b5E0pyC1nXz3qgYyhLNy-XPy6d1IudtYgo5L3HqRaG4CzgULngnKn9fTRSsQJd-4gQN4J2yGedMkUhET5WyN_oXI0u5zDoOwz3BfziJW6PvJhIr8hBrTLBULCMB-FotqGE0ekscc8qpOgLt6QY0bKMGpRRR7NznE_vZos7-75p1KQ==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]

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Washington, DC (2007)

* Matt Hogan [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2YgI-R7lzlFrXJL_1yBp9-E8HPrBnVFMPDbKk1U1ppPr4BZpPJJIDilmOi3xmAtcPIMgRiRhWVa3B2D7rfwiY1LjeWv5JkL26hgQUL-5SnKOmgDWmx-rwlMozF58mkfW71164vYfRZBxUNbljl_5Zn7R3vcm8tM4Nf_5xZk94VS7ud6aA6sJ_UUJtqMxd4slBlZhgP9KzeHTiH3qJErBWICRftmTNi79HzjtYPTEEFZ2PXPkXEIDt6z2WS9ZYmt3XeU7h7xMgBuHTjtFt6MU8vm9hbogCMt1x5S4F7CWK6kquF6cAlNS2JtMYudI_C_fQ5OXRHKmAYulRRT0fYxKP9Q==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
* Molly Murphy [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2Fd7PmE4dkdncTtDLgdu32t2El6N4pTtcvdO1TOCWYPr2EnOSBoY-Mh-h-lg2Na15ku0JvE4v_gn6CJBXd1Zd7eiDrtyAPtYg_D8mIWQnz8UzUhnTK_nER_N9QR7o6Z-VEjHnEbuB5Wc6U6yOeejeHkIdit6ok7LvznsDCIjk07NCErUX1tAIBDVNuudZtLV6rdBHfdLwtCvnCGCKjmoZK_KU_fS1OZ0YMcCihdyCLps1bJKdUKCjuvtv63HJ3if_ZKHyV-XhKtvUU-9r6jJYJqfKh4asPwp8h3JqQW6DP1fjU3UTaF-9k_amuLytlHsfWT6b51dybxQ8T2RSEDO68Q==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]

* Hawai'i (2010)

* Lisa Grove [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2-sBl0wz6dhimwRxbrjoewXTPvimxBO1Ixg3M2cLZ2hLCRKmnfGDZxjlch4l34NV_J1hsKmEji19jxEw1WzyNk7nXhG8W8jyepSOX5Z_vd9Z3ucwfHqeQjtB4mf4s64LRQcJCmb3YCdvOjf4L2AxcKiCgSRGBgp3iWE5KKjzJ3EEvi09QLH--QbvmceBlEoobW-rEzUiP4wRNiH5fPrEjlAqIRFJJB-zTn_Kc_1rpxltAbmMFgUqmqqg4GBfUGCQb316X31QsaIP9RRROhbN2vBEDy1TdxL8_gZIsaD8NWbrtATNc-VveQFzlEzcOk39fwdhwo4dKf0Fjz_LsERwPFw==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]

* New York, NY (2011)

* Jeff Liszt [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2-87qmq13l9KxdFi4nlVA20l2A_AaFTfcapk3PhojsGgEUK_fDzxOQdNkQ93Z62WEp9uJrhSABddEHKUM1Ew4Jxgv8fdKeFYRrx8N2b09Nak0uLUQ3CQdnvSU7w1dH5HvJhNYID14nFl3IXg2ro10MTQ19uLAEUu2iJj767Bxd-NhS8VFI4MVaFWGYGA7Gzlfpk3kVTi3wZwOFBdyH-wsbTyuJOGgkPz7sAB49cilgfpLPNQt1rEiU0zduY6Lgv9xrY8u5xhYXyHmaQViRNgyP80RtKuuMSfFjEHlht0vMvNq2kTv4deXstbpCiNPtpN4fU3H0d6oGiHOSU06ZYq3HQ==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]

* Chicago, IL (2015)

* Brian Stryker [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL25qXQ6GVQrNqcY-hwXWh1l7s-P5mL2BnZrmf532HIEzFkurotoM0Lcc8n7BBjDfEH98FT5gWFLS2Qr_ZqwTZnWxSaibFNv5aP1yK8JhEqGOK4crtNRZaqmObaf_gKS70Z5-ijGXREADtxZrmyd2ASYS_rtq6VsBaqAeoFAz5fXe0l5CQ4zynRXGcYzNGasix13Lud5Et2z09KY54Rg7Dtpfb8FmQ9hR-mJxBB9o-M1lfthkmvLtq33lCpbDT-igYD6fbArTGrUABY0Gj1YBEDevDcMi4tSBFTVFL1HD8ca73PsVBtYVH00hCKS3GDk5i08H4BcHF9jmFDoUv9eVnJ7g==&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
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This Week's Content: Midwest Voters are Ready for Hillary

This article ran in June 2015 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2YBAvXA6XvyzGtRQFzvqW76Wvrba3k0d3A-yw6CCqgiECzBxYuPaZJWLKgvqh7MFzIvtUy1_kZs43CsPFuq3t48zqxprrmI3eggY60lQMElIC_hz3H29WT_uZMW-7GKH8zWqqm3spblvm2jAc_vg3YGLrFQUBX5mb92OhucUnE123evSlfNJMaOZQLHYno1Qsk19TP-_DbyfCoY9usceN9RNa4E884Bf2jzWeXuYCfyrwcU223kp-kuNvGL9av5jQByOViL61VGBl6tjNIiKV9hWcxDlSeAu-JTN61f79_OBdw4ia93A7X-U1uv-SGKv4QkihdRH1d2LMRxMGi3_J2x8FIB-CoftrgSNoBRhkdu0=&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
in the Huffington Post

Republicans have their sights set on the Midwest for 2016. Three GOP Midwestern 
governors have been rumored as presidential candidates, and Republicans have recently
won big on the state level across the region. They hold six of the Midwest's governors'
seats and 10 of its 14 legislative chambers. It's also hard to see Republicans being
competitive in the electoral college in 2016 without more wins in the Midwest, unless
one buys that the GOP can seriously improve its Latino vote share in the Southwest
and Florida after continuing to demagogue Latinos as a group.

But 2016 isn't 2014, when the GOP performed so well in the Midwest. Democrats' prospects
for winning the Midwest look strong in the 2016 Presidential election. Hillary Clinton
leads in the states where public polling exists, beating even natives like John 
Kasich (Ohio) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin). Democrats also have a structural advantage
in the Midwest in a presidential election that shows no signs of abating.

Unless noted otherwise, all numbers below are based on election results [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2S9E-QRitUMazT3QG46WLwGtl8FmLSaKwpWi8zZB46odLxA6HgzMR0r7rrQQflPu4mlZZB_r8LnkUX7lq4KlwUJA55Jq2o43gYR5hVxg8zA6MpHfy6u9EDsoQaMiJqWs30bP3rECOuQlidjEQgBSWrJaT3PV0LrImg46N9sKxJQJsWGRsZR4Wktl9g0un-xy2CW-AkU3tghGh8bC1L8gE8C9ResIBazmLmHhEliG6wauOQaGIEiIM4lAl8XJegF4PWNmoQ5Lf5jtjw3vg1QPMfP81qVNSzZ6SvNRVbdN5I_vWF6doRoiO-DEwoi-QrJ2a&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
and

exit polls [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL23jEOM3gMUhTdvZNBTDeU24Cg7Qymvn_yNwCHZp4DtPCKAB1eTr3ox7bzxMTY_7GKSnetrlQ81BtMAP5ebAH28CvwjfXd8XzYNQhzLyU-uhi_8e8y38sphe-5Etfy2IfhS-UpxRnvx9XAT3nVu_5wSi3K5eC3gPU9CGFP4-XzdbhF2HmQA63aeTztSxLReSRGhE9Wzaqmmj8Ox0dAseZ5KiIDnLuQzTJg-RsY8Lkiap0QSQ8zR_VqyrXZhQUPww3Xhx5L1eqR2lw35IqoMZYRUO7_ifOEyeCv6ZB1kpkEpliBRgr0z9p4QEhsim8X9cvINodO6V6TW9xUEpgbdLxXQvbcYbR3ut4v&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==].
There's no one definition [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2JLkyIMfoeT1A6X0IeJjNxj3mww2dZA0rKXcIlT_yoId33GnE1HruVxeNZ-iNEw67giuMOdm6xBeOGOQeEvl-SvmqzRz-8nTGkcmcdNhylnbCzw2Oz9I5ek94hDOB6GIE5ZTjAyYwWvzhU_cpOT8CTk1zeuYaT7dlZknS6F40C-Nd_a1pvCYRmbcxZSlmLn7n7vxTkxeD7nuVwF0cl-1rtHMWClD6pO3Vkui_6eljIC6fLHw8pqPRMXxSC6D-RzvdvzXFx0VBLcLq7ZnBIaCdBK5XRP3LnOe5HxZiPu52gFliXI-L5Mi9ENmZgP2BV9OmwxM4Kn0LIZV9-FA-lCwhqCW2ee0GIGMSwPdLVypOF20=&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]
of the Midwest, but I've defined it here as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio and Wisconsin. Groups across states (e.g. whites in the Midwest) have been 
weighted by the number of votes each group cast in each state, using vote totals
 and exit polls.

Democrats' inherent advantage in the Midwest

The Midwest has two obvious swing-state targets for Republicans (Ohio, Iowa); Bush
won Ohio twice and Iowa once. It's likely those states will be competitive again.
But outside of those two places, Democrats have a good hold on their historically-strong
Midwest states. There's no fundamental shift going on that would suggest other Midwestern
states are in play, and the conventional wisdom that the old, white Midwest is ripe
to abandon Democrats is wrong for multiple reasons.

1. T he Midwest is not trending away from Democrats for President. If Democrats 
were in trouble here, surely there would have been signs of this in Obama's performance.
However, in the Midwest, Obama outperformed his national result in both of his elections.
Democrats have run 1-2 points ahead of their national vote in the region the past
three cycles, with no apparent trend towards either party. Obama also cleaned up
 in the Electoral College in the Midwest, winning by a combined 176 - 11 (his only
loss was Indiana in 2012). Obama even handily won Wisconsin in 2012 (53 percent 
Obama / 46 percent Romney) with Wisconsin native Paul Ryan on the GOP ticket.
2.
Democrats hold their own with whites in the Midwest. Obama struggled with whites
 nationally because Southern whites went so hard against him. He ran close to Republicans
among Midwestern whites, as Democrats have done historically. Obama won Midwestern
whites in 2008 (51 percent Obama / 49 percent McCain), and he got a much larger 
share of Midwest white votes in 2012 (46 percent) than he did of the national white
vote share (39 percent).
Obama also bested John Kerry's performance with Midwestern whites in both of his
 elections (45 percent Kerry / 55 percent Bush), so there's no evidence of a broad
white trend towards Republicans here. The three whitest Midwestern states in 2012,
as per the exit polls? Three Obama wins: Iowa (93 percent white), Minnesota (87 
percent), and Wisconsin (86 percent).
3.
There's a growing white gender gap that Clinton is well-poised to exploit. One Midwestern
trend: white women are becoming more Democratic while white men shift more Republican.
Given Hillary Clinton's historic candidacy, it's not hard to see this trend persisting
or even expanding. That's a good problem for Democrats to have, given that white
 female voters outnumber their white male counterparts.
4.
Democrats have a partisan advantage in the Midwest. Across the Midwest, Democrats
in 2012 had a +8 advantage in partisan self-identification (39 percent Democrat 
/ 31 percent Republican / 30 percent Independent). Democrats had a lead in Party
 ID in five states (IL +17 Dem, MI +10, MN +8, OH +7, WI+5), they were tied in Iowa,
and Republicans led only in Indiana (IN +5 GOP).
5.
The Midwest isn't as white as you might think. Democratic-leaning voters of color
are growing as a vote share here, just as they are across America.
The 6-point decline in white vote share from 2004 to 2012 is one point higher than
the more than the 5-point national decline in white vote share over that same time
(from 77 percent in 2004 to 72 percent in 2012). Republicans continue to alienate
non-white voters at their peril in the Midwest, just like in America writ large.
As a thought experiment, if Barack Obama got the exact same vote share in the Midwest
with whites, Latinos, and African-Americans as John Kerry did (46 percent white 
/ 88 percent African-American / 70 percent Latino), he would have won 52 percent
 of the two-party vote compared to Kerry's 50 percent. To win the Midwest, Republicans
are going to have to either win many more votes among non-white voters or run up
 margins among whites they haven't seen since the Reagan landslides.

Midwestern 2016 outlook

Age is a big question mark. Obama did well among younger Midwestern voters in 2008
and 2012 while holding similar margins as Kerry among voters age 45 and older.

In other words, all of Obama's improvement over Kerry in the Midwest was driven 
by gains among those under 45 years old. And many of Obama's gains were among voters
in their 30s and 40s, not just big wins among the touchscreen generation.

To win, Hillary Clinton either needs to:

* Retain the Obama coalition of voters in their 20s, 30s, or 40s
* Expand beyond Obama and Kerry's results with older voters

If she can do both -- not out of the question -- she'll win big in the Midwest.

Right now, Clinton's Midwestern vote share looks more like Obama's than Kerry's 
in the swingiest states. The limited fresh state-level polling in the Midwest bodes
well for Clinton. Numbers in each state are based off of simple averages of every
poll released in 2015 (data available here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001U9-URC-dYCSicAJm5pMVAUwE9lakuVBEgtsZNJKDE3iNXw2iurDPpJsZZsMiFRL2-U66FQUIfU6yE8yavTuuiUycOp3uyyB-CjRnCbTRPV8cCAxCwyVKnt2duBweHghxMjS1WUD1TJ2aHvVsPQtHFB3zMgXpo4ExogPzBnaln7lScEaIiA_QObNOHXs4-c5MsdyTJ3rJ5vxcwpXnNXuFE3iyqwkRHSQ-WtKFwciNfblMJRFNTpGc2kkUfzgtIbpQg2S71-vDSfUNWCPPLr8mxQFHNu6aXEwXP2g9b2sJw6jH2VhW-nkt_x3gqqgoCXLSKn7MnaE00ix8XuIP7nWwtOxfZGx-Xr3t2R3YVdzfIMIH9AwJBcic2cyNSQojszO5o6NkaR0hKjkhWxI8ixEfbIPgGkOECYav08mOLdmrj20=&c=LmUthz_GJHnSSsUZRDORXQPp4zS2Egenzf4WjDL8RLwr5PJOl8lxwA==&ch=kvwWaIB24wderbgl6xmQ_4o00OACiltlFv_Sd77PfMhEDteHPvJYGw==]).

* Iowa (the most polled Midwestern state). Clinton leads by 3 points over her closest
challengers (44-41 v. Huckabee, 44-41 v. Paul) and by 8 points over her most distant
(47-39 v. Carson). She also beats Scott Walker by 8 points (47-39) despite Walker
being governor of bordering Wisconsin. 2012 result: Obama +6

* Ohio. Clinton leads all comers by a minimum of 9 points (47-38 v. Rubio, 47-38
 v. Paul), with the exception of Ohio governor John Kasich, who she leads by 1 point
(44-43). 2012 result: Obama +3

* Wisconsin. Again, Clinton holds large leads here. Her closest rivals are down 
7 points to her (47-40 v. Huckabee, 49-42 v. Paul), and she beats Wisconsin governor
Scott Walker by 10 points (52-42). 2012 result: Obama +7

There has been no public polling in Illinois or Indiana on 2016 match-ups, and the
stale (2014) polling in Minnesota and Michigan shows Clinton double-digit leads 
over all her potential Republican opponents.

This advantage isn't solely name ID, which Clinton of course has the benefit of.
 She's beating two sitting governors in their own states -- Scott Walker in Wisconsin
and John Kasich in Ohio. Clinton's lead in the Midwest is built off her strength
 as well as the weaknesses of the Republican field. Walker should be particularly
concerning for Republicans who thinks he puts the Midwest in play: right now Midwestern
native Hillary Clinton trounces him in all three of the region's states he could
 win in the GOP's realistic good-news scenario.

So far, Clinton looks a lot more likely to repeat Obama's 80 electoral votes out
 of the Midwest than Kerry's 58. Based on past results and the polling currently
 available, Clinton has 56 electoral votes well in her corner. She also has the 
advantage in the two swing states (Iowa and Ohio) where Republicans have their best
shot.

These numbers aren't set in stone -- if Republicans win the national vote in an 
as-yet-unforeseen landslide, they'll naturally pick up states in the Midwest. If
 Clinton wins big nationally, Indiana's in play for her. But in the most realistic
partisan environment, Clinton holds a clear advantage in the region in the Electoral
College:

* Likely Clinton: 56. Illinois (20), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Minnesota (10)
* Lean Clinton: 24. Ohio (18), Iowa (6)
* Likely GOP: 11. Indiana (11)
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