Presents the views of various Afro-American politicians on the Republican sweep of Congress. Political platforms of the Republican Party; Republican politicians' attitude towards Afro-Americans; Low Black turnout at the polls as the primary factor for the Republican sweep of Congress; Future of ...
The caucus was officially non-partisan, although a greater percentage of black Democrats joined than black Republicans (Mia Love is an example of a Republican who joined the caucus). Some black House members chose not to join (like J.C. Watts in 1995) and some were blocked from joining (...
Kansas, she wasn’t on any of these ballots. Where she was on the ballot was on Michigan, and this is what we’ve been talking about on your show for quite a bit. In Dearborn, Michigan, that is very heavily Islamic, she got 22% of the vote, largely because of the...
If only nonwhite Americans could cast ballots, they would elect a gigantic Democratic majority (the largest projected majority out of any group we looked at). While white voters on the whole are Republican-leaning (Trumpwon themby about 15 to 20 percentage points in 2016), nonwhite voters are...
Across the nation, we vote in a hodgepodge of systems. Some, like the optical-scanners in largely Republican-leaning counties record 99.7% of the votes. Some, like the punchcard systems in largely Democratic-leaning counties record only 97% of the votes. So approximately 3% of Democratic ...
As I said, though, that's a tangent. What all of this boils down to is what a RepublicanHousewill do next year. Because that will largely be the same no matter what happens over in the Senate. First on their spleen-venting agenda may be impeachment. After only being used once for th...
Who would Americans NOT vote for? Percentage of people in 2015 survey who would not vote for a “generally well-qualified” person nominated from their own party if they had each of the following characteristics DemocratRepublicanOverall Socialist 38% 73% 50% Atheist 35 55 40 Muslim 27 54 38...
Slave Percentage of Total Population by State, 1790 (See,Clayton E. Cramer,Black Demographic Data, A Sourcebook(1997)) The Fledgling United States, 1787 The map illustrates the military situation as the founders knew it, in 1787, when at Philadelphia they drafted the Constitution. At that time...
Just over half of Americans overall - and a similar percentage of whites - think members of both races have an equal chance of getting ahead in today's society. But views among blacks are different: 60 percent think whites have a better chance to get ahead, up from 46 percent a year ag...
The process of giving life to our constitutional rights has largely been the work of liberals. On the greatest fight of all, to treat blacks as human beings, libertarians supported the other side. Why are they trouble? Crackpots are usually harmless; how about the Libertarian Party?