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• Secret to Trump's success: Open primaries

  2:42 PM ET Tue, 22 March 2016

  Trump wins the open primaries twice as often as the closed ones.

• The most important factor for effective political ads   

  2:50 PM ET Tue, 15 March 2016

  The research shows that EMOTIONS are the key. Time and time again, voters don’t really care about facts, policies, and statements. They might SAY they do, but their votes don’t change because of it. Eric Chemi explains.

• Donald Trump's fifth-grade speaking level

  1:14 PM ET Thu, 10 March 2016

  College-level oration is not required at presidential debates, according to a Big Crunch analysis. Most pols are speaking at a middle-school level.

• AOL's surprising effect on political campaigns

  1:42 PM ET Fri, 4 March 2016

  AOL email addresses are worth more than other domains to political campaigns. Data from Fluent breaks down the age and amounts of donor solicitation.

• Why 4-4 split won't mean Supreme Court gridlock

  10:45 AM ET Thu, 3 March 2016

  There are now only eight Supreme Court justices, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the court is doomed to months of unproductive gridlock.

• Super Tuesday could lead to rally if this happens

  2:12 PM ET Tue, 1 March 2016

  Data from Kensho suggest that Super Tuesday is often the beginning of a rally in the stock market, when this happens.

• Super Tuesday is often a bottom in stock market

  3:01 PM ET Fri, 26 Feb 2016

  Data from Kensho suggest that Super Tuesday is often a bottom in the stock market, when a front-runner emerges.

• Supreme Court could be most liberal in decades

  10:17 AM ET Mon, 29 Feb 2016

  Even if Republicans block Obama's expected nominee, the Supreme Court may become the most liberal it's been since the 1930s.

• The surprising truth about presidents and stocks

  3:35 PM ET Thu, 18 Feb 2016

  Some investors think presidential elections swing the market. Only one stock stands out from the noise with significant returns.

• Defense stocks + GOP debates = Good strategy?

  5:00 PM ET Fri, 26 Feb 2016

  Data from Kensho suggest that defense stocks used to rise on the days before and after a GOP debate. But that's not true anymore.

• What could the government buy with $4.1 trillion?

  10:19 AM ET Mon, 29 Feb 2016

  President Obama presented his final budget to Congress on Tuesday. Here are some suggestions for where all that money could go.

• Stocks and gridlock: Debunking the myths

  4:59 PM ET Fri, 26 Feb 2016

  A lot of people say that Wall street does better without a functioning federal government. We use Kensho data to test out the theory.

• Phil and Iowa: They both stink at forecasting

  10:22 AM ET Mon, 29 Feb 2016

  Punxsutawney Phil and the Iowa caucuses have similarly bad track records when it comes to predicting the future.