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Showing posts with label third parties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label third parties. Show all posts
Monday, May 13, 2019

From the Houston Chronicle: Three articles on the state pof political parties in the state

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-  GOP fights to keep Texas red amid rifts . Analysts say the Texas Republican Party is at a critical juncture heading into the 2020 preside...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

From 538: What Went Wrong For Gary Johnson

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Winner-take-all elections are brutal for minor parties. - Click here for the article . Johnson’s decline isn’t shocking. Third-party candi...
Monday, October 10, 2016

From 538: The Ross Perot Myth

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The conventional wisdom is that Ross Perot pulled enough votes From HW Bush in 1992 to tip the election to Bill Clinton. Here's a counte...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

From Vox: We’ve been totally wrong about Hillary Clinton’s young voter problem - And a big new study proves it.

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A great, critical look at what polls do and do not tell us. It also allows a critical look at media coverage of the race - one of the big ta...
Monday, June 20, 2016

What impact will Gary Johnson have on the 2016 election?

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Johnson is the Libertarian nominee and might have an impact on the election by pulling enough vote from either mayor party's candidate ...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

From Ballotpedia: Ballot access requirements for political parties in Texas

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For more detail on how to create a party in Texas - the state recognizes only four. - Click here for the post . The Texas Secretary of Sta...

From the San Antonio Express-News: Libertarian and Green parties gather for state conventions

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Several times in both 2305 and 2306 we've discussed that neither Texas not the U.S. is really a two party system - unless you are referr...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

In the news today ....

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- Texas Speaker Joe Straus has two Tea Party affiliated challengers to his seat in the upcoming primary election. Straus represents the 121...
Friday, August 7, 2015

On This Day in History: Teddy Roosevelt nominated as Bull Moose candidate

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Ironically - given the concerns about Trump's possible run as a third party candidates - on this day in history the most consequential t...

What happens if Trump runs as an independent?

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It's tough to predict the future, but it's very likely that he would split the Republican vote and make it easier for a Democrat to ...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

From the National Journal: The Whigs Are Partying Like It's 1856

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A blast from the past : The Whigs are making a comeback. Well, sort of. On Tuesday, 36 Philadelphia voters elected Whig candidate Robert ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Will the Tea Party become its own party?

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Normally the winner take all rules embedded in the American electoral system prevents this, but this author suggests that Tea Party Republic...
Monday, November 7, 2011

From the Gallup POll: Support for Third U.S. Party Dips, but Is Still Majority View

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Despite what we've discovered in class, thee is still strong support for third parties in the U.S: Fifty-two percent of Americans believ...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Third Parties Don't Work

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A relevant story - for this week's 2301 16 week students - from Jonathan Bernstein about the impact of third parties on elections.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Will There be a Third Party Candidate in 2012 and Will it Matter?

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Andrew Sullivan summarizes and comments .
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

A Discussion About Outsider Politics

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From the NYT . Some smart folks discuss whether the current crop of outsider candidate is unusual historically. Most suggest no, but add t...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Third Party Watch

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Tea Party Schmea Party .
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Is it Realistic that a Viable Third Party Candidate Will Run, and Possibly Win, in 2012?

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Friedman's Sunday article (post below) led to a rash of commentary wondering whether a third party could in fact run competitively in 20...
Sunday, October 3, 2010

Can the Two Party System Govern?

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Thomas Friedman has his doubts and is calling for a strong third party movement in 2012. He begins by reminding us -- as the founders would...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Do Minor Parties Really Impact Major Parties?

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Charles Kuffner looks at recent Texas races and sees little evidence that they have -- though Greens are more likely to affect Dems than ...