No doubt Republicans tell the joke with the party names reversed. But it's a serious matter to both Parties that nowadays, many voters don't feel compelled by family tradition or anything else to affiliate with either the Donkeys or the Elephants."I can't tell much difference," says David...
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Republicans have done a better job addressing the issues they care about, said Westrate, who serves as treasurer for the state Republican Party. “They are people who like to get out there during the nine-day gun hunting season,” he said, “and that’s as much of a religious experience...
But Democrats would be wise to emulate the Republicans who, when facing defeat, have thought in terms of decades, not of two-year cycles. The American Legislative Exchange Council is an illustration of such thinking. Established in 1975 by conservative activist Paul Weyrich, ALEC became a vehic...
The article focuses on the Republican nomination of Christine O'Donnell as senator in Delaware for the midterm elections in November 2010. It says that O'Donnell became one of the most recognizable candidates despite receiving slim chance of capturing the seat from most political analysts. The "Sa...
“You want to get along with your neighbors. They’re nice people. So we just don’t talk about it,” says Foley. Retired lawyer Howard Underwood, 71, and his wife, Janet, 74, were Republicans for four decades until Donald Trump became the candidate in 2016. ...
Second, don’t say “I told you so.”Over the next months and years, there will be countless moments where people who supported Trump are worried about what he’s trying to do. We’re already seeing that from some Republicans in Congress, who are concerned about Trump’s unqualified Cabin...
Under that system, people are registered as nonpartisan if they don’t pick a party on their application. Within two years of this new system, nonpartisans became the largest voting bloc in the state, and it continues to grow. “The bottom line is that it doesn’t matter h...
Gay Politics Goes Mainstream: Democrats, Republicans and Same-sex Relationships Attitudes towards same﹕ex relationships in the USA have changed radically over a relatively short period of time. After remaining fairly constant for over two decades, opinions became more favourable starting in 1992—a pr...
Republicans follow a v-shaped pattern: They became significantly younger under Reagan and George H.W. Bush as compared to under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. But they have grown older again since. The average “strong Republican” was 52.3 years old in the 2010 and 2012 versions of the sur...