In 1967 Congress passed the single-member district law (2 U.S. Code § 2c.) requiring that only one U.S. representative be elected from each congressional district. In the states with small populations allowing for only one U.S. representative—currently Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Sou...
A righteous man never tccls ashamed to face his shadow when standing alone and to face his soul when sleeping alone. 君子之交淡如水,小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲,小人甘以绝。 The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue...
each of these districts contains a reasonable amount of the local populace, and makes it possible to have government representatives function on behalf of the citizens who reside within the boundaries of the district. When it comes time to elect new officials, the voting process is carried ...
single-member districtsparty leadershipsteering agentThe article analyses district candidate selections as an arena for intra-party competition. To investigate what spurs or hampers contested races, we focus on Germany. Relying on data from the Bundestag election in 2017, the first part of our paper...
I could take away from the initial election of B.Whose-Middle Name-Shall-Not-Be-MentionedObama was a small one – a hope that the election of a man of partial color and relatively cosmopolitan upbringing would at last bury the last lingering shreds of AmeriKKKa-Is-The-Most-Raaaaacist-Evah!
To win the presidency, a candidate must secure 270 electoral votes — a majority of the 538 possible votes. How is it different from the popular vote? Under the Electoral College system, more weight is given to a single vote in a small state than to the vote of someone in a large stat...
The 5-member panel's Republican majority took umbrage at the summary's brevity, given that the proposed amendment is 26 pages long. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who chairs the board, presented a three-page, single-spaced summary of his own. It ...
The 5-member panel's Republican majority took umbrage at the summary's brevity, given that the proposed amendment is 26 pages long. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who chairs the board, presented a three-page, single-spaced summary of his own...
like nationalizing all health care into a single payer program. They initially stake out a goal they really want but at the same time they don’t realistically expect to achieve it all at once. When the public rejects the Left’s extremist idea, the Progressives fall back to a more incre...
Ohio already pushed up its election to March, potentially confusing to voters because in nonpresidential state election years, the primary is held in May. Does the timing really matter if Ohio already has lost its status as a swing state?