Aug 14, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Republicans
Photo via Gage Skidmore (CC BY 2.0) | Remix by Max Fleishman
Published: The Daily Dot (August 14, 2015)
Does anyone care that our election cycles are getting increasingly longer? If the Republican National Committee is to be believed, then the answer is no. Despitepledging at the beginning of the year to limit the number of presidential debates that it would allow during the 2016 election season, Nancy Reagan will be hosting yet another presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.... Read Original Article
Aug 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
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Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
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Aug 11, 2015 | Elections, Plutocracy, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Question of the Day (August 11, 2015)
The United States election system may not be fatally flawed, but in many ways it’s on life support.
Here are five reasons why that is the case:
1. We make it harder for people to vote.
For one thing, as Eric Black explained in an article for MinnPost, most democratic nations don’t require citizens to register to vote — it happens automatically.... Read Original Article
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015)
Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not.
Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his advantage is nowhere near large enough to be insurmountable.... Read Original Article
Aug 7, 2015 | Bullying, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Daily Dot (August 7, 2015)
If the Internet is to be believed, Carly Fiorina was a smashing success in yesterday’s Republican first round of presidential debates. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO far surpassed her peers in Twitter mentions (according to Google and Topsy.com) and received the most Google searches among participants in the forum.... Read Original Article
