Jennifer Palmieri: And this is the thing I want to pause for people. You know, we’ve been on a journey with our listeners in the last two weeks and this podcast is like, I’ve been very convinced by my former Republican friends, not my former friends, but my friends who are former...
Over time, this network of experiences solidifies. The more a belief proves reliable, the more it becomes an unquestioned truth – a fundamental lens through which we interpret the world. These internalised truths enable us to respond efficiently to new information, as they have been reinforced...
Trump stepped back to let Democrats fight among themselves — and watch Biden's messy cleanup effort. At times in the past, Trump has struggled to contain himself when there's an opportunity to beat up on an opponent. But he nearly disappeared from public view for two weeks. Even whe...
Into this vacuum stepped a string of dictatorially-run ‘atmosphere parties’ subordinating the national interest to their leaders’ personal ambitions, which siphoned the traditional Left’s electorate. And while they failed to win any elections as the demographic balance had irrevocably tilted in fa...
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Government and Politics Proportional Representation An electoral system is an integral part of a democratic state which determines the method by which representatives are chosen by the electorate. It is the "means by which the electors exert control over the government" . The main objective of any...
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In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Republican lawmakers have pushed new voting restrictions in nearly every state. From making it harder to cast ballots ear…
In Nixon's day, lawmakers answered to an electorate where voters consumed the same information. Eighty-five percent of U.S. households watched some portion of the Watergate hearings, which featured White House counsel John Dean exclaiming, "I began by telling the president that there was a can...