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The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
Despite the GOP's initial distaste towards now President Elect Trump (see: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney), party members seem to have come around to the idea of a Trump presidency and a ...
31 Dec, 2016
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You Can Sell Taiwan $2 Billion in Weapons, But Don't Take Their Phone Call
Editor's note: The following is a transcript of the above video. Reality Check is a segment by investigative journalist Ben Swann on CBS46 in Atlanta, Georgia. Well it seems like a ridiculous con ...
14 Dec, 2016
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3 min read
Donald Trump's Health Care Secretary Wants to Save You Some Money
President-designate Donald Trump named his Secretary of Health and Human Services this week, picking Rep. Tom Price, a conservative Republican congressman from Georgia and a former practicing orthoped ...
02 Dec, 2016
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Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump's Candidates for the Supreme Court
When Donald Trump is inaugurated as president on January 20, he’ll have one immediate spot on the Supreme Court to fill. By the end of his time as president, that could grow to two or three or even fo ...
16 Nov, 2016
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Independent, Third Party Candidates: Vote Your Conscience; Stick With Us
Why stick with third party and independent candidates in November, if Clinton and Trump have a combined 80% of the electorate in all major polls? In an election season that is anything but usual, one ...
10 Oct, 2016
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13 min read
Georgia's Costly, Low Turnout Runoffs Can Be a Thing of the Past
Georgia voters returned to the polls on July 26 for a round of primary runoffs, where they were asked to choose between the top two vote-getters in any primary race where no candidate won a majority o ...
14 Sep, 2016
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2 min read
A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 2 of 2)
This article is Part 2 in a two-part series reviewing Supreme Court ballot access decisions and the effects of the Court's precedents on independent and third party candidates. You can read Part ...
07 Sep, 2016
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Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels in 2016
Green Party ballot access campaigns have had more success in 2016 than ever before, according to Rick Lass, Ballot Access Coordinator for the Jill Stein campaign.You can check out the Greens' infograp ...
02 Sep, 2016
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A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 1 of 2)
Ballot Access in Historical ContextOver the last several decades, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents has climbed to above 40 percent while attachment to the Democratic ...
02 Sep, 2016
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8 min read
The 'Tea Leaves' of August Polling Are Starting To Settle
There's an axiom in polling that goes back to 1936. If you expect to win the presidency, you'd better be polling well as September begins.Nobody really 'likes' to admit that polling is as good of a sc ...
24 Aug, 2016
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