How we hobble our presidential nomineesDavid Nyhan, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON — Welcome to the presidential primaries, in which the major political parties use a complex and decentralized system to pick their nominees to compete in November. Although voters across the country cast ballots for their preferred presidential candidate during the primary season, it’s ...
As factions squabbled over Kelly and Shapiro, Walz may have benefitted from having a fan in former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A San Francisco Democrat like Harris, Pelosi has maintained that she had no preference and does not tell presidential nominees who to pick as runn...
If it went to the House, each state would get a single vote, regardless of the size of its congressional delegation, and the 50 House delegations (the District of Columbia would not participate) would select one of the top three presidential candidates. The vice president would be selected b...
Presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are in favor of free college; former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar are in favor of two free years; and Mayor Pete Buttigieg supports making college debt-free. [Pictured: Students mingle on the Quad lawn of...
While RCV has a range of benefits, many of them are particularly applicable to nominating contests. It elects stronger candidates with larger bases of support, it allows more voters to contribute to the election of the nominees, it creates greater incentives for civility in campaigning , and it...
Sen.John Thune, a South Dakota Republican who last week waselected to serve as Senate majority leaderin the new Congress, said "all options are on the table" to swiftly approve Trump's nominees after he takes office, including recess appointments. He's suggested that while the typical confirm...
And who’s going to be left to do that work? You can guess. The potential vice-presidential nominees, all of them women, have all already been taxed with having to figure out how to respond to this horseshit and do so while navigating around the campaign they’re hoping to join. ...
Does Harris need to announce her vice presidential pick before the roll call? According to the DNC, technically, no. During a Monday briefing, a DNC official indicated that candidates do not need to have selected a vice presidential pick by Aug. 7, and that the DNC is leaving that time...
Not only is this the first debate between the two: It’s the first time the two presidential candidates are meeting in person. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris greet as they debate for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center...