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What The Urbanization of the Nation Means for American Politics Today
In response to How State, Federal Courts Are Working to End Partisan Gerrymandering, published July 13, I received several emails and Facebook messages questioning the statistic that the United States ...
15 Jul, 2015
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POTUS Campaigns Tout Millions in Donations -- But Will It Matter?
This week a handful of presidential hopefuls touted the millions in campaign donations they racked up during the second quarter of 2015. Official FEC disclosures will not be available until later this ...
03 Jul, 2015
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SCOTUS Did Not End the Legal Debate over Same-Sex Marriage
To be honest, I'm a bit surprised at today's Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States.Not in the outcome -- in my mind that was all but a foregone conclusion. But ...
26 Jun, 2015
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Former, Current POTUS Candidates Say Whoever Wins National Popular Vote Should Win Election
Since the movement launched in 2006, National Popular Vote has made significant progress to reform the way Americans elect their president.The group's plan involves a state-by-state approach. States t ...
25 Jun, 2015
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800 Years after the Magna Carta, We The People Must Rise Again
June 15, 2015 marks exactly 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John, in an English meadow called Runnymede.The Magna Carta is widely regarded as the document that marked the beginn ...
15 Jun, 2015
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Poll: CA Voters Support Automatic Voter Registration, Mail-In Voting to Boost Turnout
Californians are concerned about the state's abysmal voter turnout and seem ready to try some different solutions to increase participation. The state experienced historically low turnout in Californi ...
05 Jun, 2015
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The GOP's Race Problem Goes Back to the Mad Men Era
"Now we'll be stuck with Goldwater," quips Roger Sterling of AMC's Mad Men, referring to recent news of Republican candidate Nelson Rockefeller's marriage to a divorcé 18 years his junior. Roger ...
29 May, 2015
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Working Families Party: The Most Influential Third Party in the U.S.?
In February 2015, Edwin Gomes became the first candidate running solely on the Working Families Party (WFP) line to win a seat in a state legislature. Gomes beat out four other candidates in a special ...
26 May, 2015
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#StandWithRand: POTUS Candidate Filibusters to End NSA Spying
Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he has taken the Senate floor to begin his filibuster of renewing the PATRIOT Act, specifically provisions in Se ...
20 May, 2015
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Why Vote? Most Elections Are Already Decided for You
What the pundits and election watchers in traditional media didn't tell you about the 2014 general election was that it was the least competitive election season in 30 years. That's according to a new ...
14 May, 2015
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