Pros:Touting “heartland economics,” she could separate herself from the flank of coastal candidates as a common-sense progressive who can appeal to the country’s battleground midsection. MSNBC host Rachel Maddowsaid shehas “exactly the right profile of somebody who ought to run for president....
This often sounds crazy to people who live in democracies in the rest of the world. The U.S. is the only country to have a system where voters select a body of electors with the sole function of choosing the president. In most other democracies, the president is directly elected through...
The president is indirectly elected by the people through theelectoral college systemto a four-year term. They may serve no more than two four-year terms. TheTwenty-Second Amendmentprohibits any person from being elected president for a third term and prohibits any person from being elected to ...
ve seen a decided shift toward President Trump, the fact that it’s basically a tie nationally and that he has small but durable leads in every one of the seven battleground states. It’s really solid, but we know we have a lot of work to do and we are not g...
The SpaceX billionaire is forging new ties with a federal telecom official who could help funnel billions of dollars to his company if Trump is elected. By JOHN HENDEL 10/18/2024 05:00 AM EDT Elon Musk has forged a relationship with a Republican figure who could open up a geyser of fe...
Burgum, who was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020, declared the economy as the country’s top priority. He has signed staunchly conservative laws in his state, including a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Burgum is unknown nationally...
Now, we have to go back quite a ways to find anotherelectedpresident who was serving in their first term but didn't end up seeking their party's renomination at a major party convention. Nearly 150 years ago, Republican President Rutherford Hayeshad made it clearthat he would not seek...
Harris secured about 58% of the votes in her home state of California, defeating Trump by more than 20 points, but lost to him nationally. Though the popular vote nationwide between Harris and Trumpwas close, Trump won theelectoral college— the system ba...
s Democratic convention in Chicago shows the vice president entering not just with momentum, but with a slight advantage over Trump nationally and in most key battleground states — a dramatic reversal from the big hole President Joe Biden was in before he abandoned his candidacy just four weeks...
Sharpton noted that Harris is not polling as well with Black male voters, comparing her situation to that of Chisholm’s. The host, who worked as youth director for Chisholm’s campaign for president in 1972, recalled the backlash the New York Democrat suffer...