I live in a one-party state

So I went to vote this morning — and discovered that a whopping three out of the 13 races had both a Democrat and a Republican running for office (and one of those was for Ted Kenney’s seat, so it doesn’t really count). A few of the minor state offices had a Green/Rainbow candidate as ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

So I went to vote this morning -- and discovered that a whopping three out of the 13 races had both a Democrat and a Republican running for office (and one of those was for Ted Kenney's seat, so it doesn't really count). A few of the minor state offices had a Green/Rainbow candidate as well as a Democrat running. Barney Frank was running unopposed. How lopsided is this ballot? I remember there being more Republicans running in Cook County, for Pete's sake. This leads me to wonder -- what's the most lopsided ballot in America this election day? Tell me, dear readers, how lopsided is your ballot?

So I went to vote this morning — and discovered that a whopping three out of the 13 races had both a Democrat and a Republican running for office (and one of those was for Ted Kenney’s seat, so it doesn’t really count). A few of the minor state offices had a Green/Rainbow candidate as well as a Democrat running. Barney Frank was running unopposed. How lopsided is this ballot? I remember there being more Republicans running in Cook County, for Pete’s sake. This leads me to wonder — what’s the most lopsided ballot in America this election day? Tell me, dear readers, how lopsided is your ballot?

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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