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Showing posts with label presidential elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidential elections. Show all posts
Saturday, September 14, 2024

What is a swing state?

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A little help for the GOVT 2306 essay. - From Wikipedia:  In American politics , a swing state (also known as battleground state, toss-up st...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

From Ballotpedia: National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

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- Click here for the article . The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an interstate compact to award member state's pr...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

From Politico: The People Who Pick the President

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This is sweet! Background on the handful of people who will cast the actual votes for the president on the real election day: December 19. T...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

From 538: The Polarization Of Red And Blue States From McGovern To Trump, In One Chart

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A different take on political polarization. - Click here for the article .
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Putting the pieces back together

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And here are a few items related to the respective efforts of each candidate to adjust themselves towards the political center in an effort ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

From 538: Ted Cruz’s General Election Strategy Is Wishful Thinking

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There are multiple reasons I like this story. The graph below breaking voter turnout into ideological categories might be the best. - Click ...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

From the Green Papers: HOW DID WE GET HERE, ANYWAY? an historical analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process.

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A manageable, but thorough look at the process. - Click here for it . Here's a bit of it: In the original Constitutional framework, th...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

From Ballotpedia: Ballot Access for Presidential Candidates

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Here's the full rundown on how presidential candidates get on the ballot in each of the 50 states. - Click here for it .
Thursday, April 16, 2015

From the National Journal: Conservative Leaders Plan Two Secret Meetings Aimed at Picking a 2016 Candidate

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Here's an addition to our discussion of the nature of democracy in the United States. Are we better understood as being an oligarchy - ...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Don't blame Sandy, credit the first debate, or argue that Romney was a lousy candidate.

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At least according to political scientist Samuel Popkin. His take about what happened? To put it bluntly: either the Romney campaign never h...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

1972 Presidential Candidate McGovern Dies

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The NYT has a look at his life . The word liberal is tossed around carelessly, this is what one really looks like.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Do debates matter?

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Aside from 1976, there is little evidence that presidential debates have had a major impact on the relative positions of the two candidates,...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Who Runs the Republican Party Right Now?

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For my 2301s as we start to discuss elections and parties. This author argues that the Republican Party is currently being defined by ...