Elections Analyst and Author

Sean Trende

1 article 2010

Sean Trende is a senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics and the author of 'The Lost Majority.' Known for his data-driven approach to political analysis and electoral history, he contributed analysis to The Weekly Standard drawing on historical parallels to interpret contemporary elections.

It’s 1974 All Over Again

April 26, 2010 · Magazine

The first signs that the Republicans were in for a terrible November in 1974 came in February of that year. Pennsylvania’s 12th District, nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of West Central Pennsylvania, had elected a Republican to Congress in every election for a century except in the very worst…