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How Many Superdelegates Has Bernie Sanders Picked Up?
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is on a winning streak, having won eight of the last nine contests. Though Sanders still trails in terms of pledged delegates (whose support is tied to electoral ...
12 Apr, 2016
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5 U.S. Generals Who Sought or Were Pushed to Run for President
As the Republican presidential nomination seemingly narrows to two candidates, others in the GOP are reportedly seeking a stealth candidate with a military background.Called the "Warrior Monk" fo ...
11 Apr, 2016
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Voters Turn Out In Record Numbers in Wisconsin's Open Primary
The voter turnout in the Wisconsin primaries Tuesday surpassed expectations and broke records. Around 1.1 million voters turned out in the Republican primary while 1 million showed up on the Demo ...
06 Apr, 2016
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Slow Death of the Home Landline is Skewing Presidential Polling Results
During my Business Research and Quantitative Analysis course for my MBA five years ago, the topic of cellphones in research was a topic that came up many times -- a paradigm shift is happening in how ...
04 Apr, 2016
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Author Interview Uncovers 'Real' Motive for War on Drugs
In the early 1990s, journalist Dan Baum interviewed Nixon aide John Ehrlichman while doing research for a book on the effects of drug prohibition. Ehrlichman had served as a domestic policy ...
01 Apr, 2016
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Cruz Leads in Wisconsin; But Infighting May Turn State Blue
Wisconsin has long been an important battleground state in the modern election cycles for president. Its 10 electoral votes prove critical in most pathways to victory, but an important twist is happen ...
01 Apr, 2016
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OPINION: Donald Trump Still Offers Little Clarity in Foreign Policy Positions
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may be reviving a term synonymous with foreign policy restraint. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times that was released over the w ...
28 Mar, 2016
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With Re-Election Coming Up, Washington Superdelegates May Have to Defect from Clinton Camp
All in all, my political predictions in February and March are holding fairly true, but what no one could have predicted was the blowout wins Sanders has had in the last 5 contests in the Mo ...
28 Mar, 2016
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The Rust Belt Is Looking for an Economic Savior, And That May Be Bad News for Hillary
In 2008, Hillary Clinton swept the hardest hit of the Rust Belt states, with Barack Obama taking two on the fringe--his home state of Illinois and Wisconsin.As the 2016 campaign unfolds, with Mic ...
09 Mar, 2016
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5 Long-Overdue Changes We Need in American Government
If the 2016 presidential election is proving anything, it’s that voters are not happy with the state of their union.On the left and right, we’re seeing insurgents give establishment candidates a run f ...
18 Feb, 2016
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