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CNN Snubs Only Woman in GOP Field Despite High Poll Numbers
There was general consensus among the public that Carly Fiorina won the first GOP "happy hour" debate and the poll numbers showed it. Now, even with high poll numbers, Fiorina is at risk of being rele ...
28 Aug, 2015
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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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Like It or Not, The Media Shapes our Views of Reality
In 2013, Vice President Joe Biden stated as fact that Jewish industry leaders in Hollywood and social media had more to do with the normalization of America's perception of gay marriage than any other ...
07 Jul, 2015
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Government of a Few: New Data Shows Just How Broken Our Democracy Really Is
FairVote on June 12 released Government of the Few in the “Decided Dozen" -- Frozen Representation and the Distorted Demographics of Decisive Primary Elections. Report authors Andrew Douglas and Zack ...
19 Jun, 2015
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Standing at a Crossroads, America Must Decide The Right Path in 2016
Historically, when an election has a wide-open field of candidates, both inside and outside of the two-party system, it's a symptom of America facing a major crossroads.Sometimes it's a party ideologi ...
16 Jun, 2015
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Who's to Blame For California's Water Shortage? Look In A Mirror
We Californians are to blame when it comes to our water shortage -- but ultimately for reasons most of us never contemplate.The problem is our willingness to cede to single-party control in our state. ...
27 May, 2015
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Increased Voter Turnout in Ferguson Leads to Historic Changes in City Council
Ferguson, Mo. -- Voters in the City of Ferguson, Missouri turned out in record numbers for city council elections Tuesday night. Nearly 30 percent of registered voters went to the polls, almost doubli ...
08 Apr, 2015
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This is What Inevitability Looks Like: How Hillary Clinton Won the Invisible Primary (Part 1)
Any doubts about whether Hillary Clinton intends to run for president in 2016 were dispelled in early April when Politico reported that some entity or individual -- the details are stil ...
08 Apr, 2015
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Efforts to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time Have Spread Nationwide
Daylight Savings first originated in Germany during World War I to save electricity, and the UK quickly followed their lead. When Daylight Savings was first adopted in the U.S., it was part of a war p ...
26 Mar, 2015
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Mo. Rep. Keith English: If You Don’t Belong to Two-Party System, You Won’t Get Elected
MISSOURI -- Missouri State Representative Keith English recently cut ties with the Democratic Party to become the Show Me State’s only independent legislator. In line with the state’s nickname (which ...
24 Feb, 2015
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