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5 Issues That Will Define The Final Weeks of the Midterm Elections
With the weeks closing in on the 2014 midterms, polls are tightening up, candidates are attempting to attract undecided voters, and specific issues are capturing headlines. Gone are the days that ...
16 Oct, 2014
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PBS Educates Voters Nationwide on Restrictive Voting Laws with 'Ballot Watch'
The 2014 midterm elections are less than a month away and the GOP is poised to seize a majority in the Senate, though that would require winning some close races. Some are expected to come down to jus ...
09 Oct, 2014
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5 Issues That Deeply Divide Republicans and Democrats -- But Really Shouldn't
Problem solving and uncompromising virtues are mutually exclusive, but in politics they lead to a new level of dysfunction. That was a reason why moderate Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, an ...
07 Oct, 2014
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Prize-Linked Savings Accounts: Getting Americans Invested In Their Own Future
According to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL), lotteries drew in $78 billion and doled out $19 billion in 2012. Lotteries have not slowed down in recent ye ...
03 Oct, 2014
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Republicans and Democrats Both Losing Battleground States
Abysmal congressional approval ratings have become the norm in our hyper-partisan political environment and government dysfunction is now cited as the most pressing issue facing our nation. Problem so ...
01 Oct, 2014
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Rep. Walter Jones Leads Effort to Declassify Full 9/11 Report
When Congress returns to session there will be many topics on the agenda ranging from a possible declaration of war against the Islamic State to immigration reform. Yet for one congressman from North ...
08 Sep, 2014
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The Strengths and Weaknesses of 3 Proportional Voting Methods
There are three methods of proportional representation advocates most commonly present: cumulative voting, limited voting, and ranked-choice voting. Each has been used in the United States, mainly in ...
12 Aug, 2014
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5 States with New Absentee Ballot Rules Voters Need to Know
As the 2014 general election season comes into view, absentee voters in some states will participate in the voting process under new rules. Here’s a rundown of new absentee ballot rules for Colorado, ...
23 Jul, 2014
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Gerrymandering Reduces Competition, Fuels Partisanship in House Elections
According to a Washington Post Election Lab projection from May 2014, an incumbent in 405 of the 435 House contests has a 90 percent chance or greater of winning his or her seat, leaving only 30 ...
14 Jul, 2014
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Midterm Ads Test Messages with Help From Pollsters, Stretch Truth
During Clinton’s uphill re-election campaign in 1996, the president relied heavily on the aid of pollsters. With the help of strategists such as Doug Schoen, Dick Morris, and Mark Penn, the presi ...
10 Jul, 2014
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