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Category: Electoral College

Nicolle-Steve

Let’s not demonize Howard Schultz, rather help him do no damage

January 31, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Electoral College, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

So, if Howard Schultz wants to run as an independent in 2020, I will beg to differ with other progressives and say that it’s okay, but with a major caveat.

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Raunder ad

Watching the news: why do we have warnings about prescription ads, but not about political ads

August 14, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Democracy, Electoral College, Media, Politics Leave a comment

We know that viewership of network news has declined precipitously in recent years, and the intended audience is primarily those who are currently or

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Tim Ryan

Iowa, already, really?

October 9, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Democracy, Democrats, Electoral College, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

I remember that Barack Obama, upon leaving office, said that one of his post-presidency goals was to reform our democracy. He seemed to have

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Electors

Here’s my letter to Electors: Now it’s your turn

December 5, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Activism, Electoral College, Voting/Elections 3 comments

I’ve just sent the following letter to all 10 of Missouri’s presidential Electors. Missouri is so deep, deep red that I doubt that I’ll

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