Why I am not a Democrat (nor a Republican)Phillip Barron
The real answer is the Republican base is far more entrenched, institutionally, than was the old Democratic base. And its power is concentrated in certain states — most of the old Confederacy plus Arizona, Alaska, Indiana, and Wisconsin — which together exert more of a choke-hold on the R...
He instead ran as an independent, thereby avoiding a primary challenge, and won a majority of the vote over Democratic and Republican opposition (he’d win in 1976 as well, although throughout that time he still caucused with the Democrats). Sinema, it seems, will be aiming to pull off ...
But other Republican senators were irate at the absences, arguing the missing GOP lawmakers cost them a shot at defeating several of the nominees. “We had some of these judges killed — dead as Woodrow Wilson — and our vote wasn't there,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a...
The 2000 presidential race included two major party candidates – Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore – and two prominent third-party candidates – Ralph Nader of the Green Party and Pat Buchanan of the Reform Party. Although... MC Herron,JB Lewis - 《Quarterly Journal of Politica...
Democrat vs. Democrat battles made possible by California’s new “top-two” primary. And with the state Republican Party still searching for a path back from decades of decline, some political analysts say it’s only the beginning of a long battle for the soul of the Californi...
On the other side of the ledger, if Trump loses, it will be for a similarly simple reason. It will not be because the Harris campaign (and the Liz Cheney “hungry for the promised GOP Harris Cabinet slot” Trump-hating Republican crowd) are trying to make him out to be the next comin...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Democrat Ruben Gallego the winner of Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat after vote updates on Monday and over the weekend increased his statewide lead and closed off any remaining paths to victory for Republican Kari Lake. At the time the A...
One was the Republican one was the Democrat. Alfie Fanjul was the single largest contributor in Florida to the Clinton campaign, and his brother was the largest contributor to Republican Bob Dole campaign. They had it covered either way. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Democrat Ruben Gallego the winner of Arizona's U.S. Senate seat after vote updates on Monday and over the weekend increased his statewide lead and closed off any remaining paths to victory for Republican K