Blogger/Professor Sam Wang of Princeton University runs the Princeton Election Consortium blog which provides a scientific analysis of the current US presidential election. The blog (statistically) predicted the outcome of the 2004 election. I highly recommend it.

A week ago, Dr. Wang posted a very interesting article which essentially says that the writing is on the wall for the presidential election, and that if you’re on either side of the political fence (Republican or Democrat) and you’re still interested in supporting (via monetary contributions) your side that you should now consider supporting your party’s candidates in the House and Senate races.

Why? Because assuming that Obama wins the election, if the House and/or Senate majority tips in favor of the Democrats, then they will have a controlling influence over policy for at least the next 2 years and possibly longer. However, should Republicans hold onto their current or gain some additional seats, then they will at least have some leverage in directing policy their way.

In light of this and that I’m quite obviously an Obama supporter in favor of his administration seeing their agenda progressed, I highly recommend you take a look at Dr. Wang’s ActBlue page where you can contribute to some important races.

You should also take a look at this article that gives you good reasons for getting involved in state legislative races.