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How do you rate a dead politician? The most screwed-up political survey I’ve ever taken

June 2, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Demographics/Polls, Humor, Missouri region Leave a comment

I’ve just gotten off the phone with a pleasant but hapless young man named Nate, whose only crime is that he is trying to

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Political poll: Too late at night, too early in the election cycle

April 7, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Demographics/Polls, Missouri region, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A 202 area code on caller ID usually means that I’m not picking up. It’s going to be political—probably a plea for money. But

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How American is “American”?

January 23, 2014 Hafsa Civil Rights, Courts, Demographics/Polls, Ideas Leave a comment

Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s

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A Republican Congresswoman’s district survey, annotated by a “Democrat” constituent

December 27, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Congress, Demographics/Polls, Government, Politics, Republicans One comment

My Congressional representative wants my input for her annual district survey. I just received it in the mail, and I’m glad she asked. But as

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Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president

November 20, 2013 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Congress, Demographics/Polls, Obama One comment

The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with

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American disunity: I’m finally beginning to understand it

November 18, 2013 Susan Cunningham Demographics/Polls, History, Politics, States Leave a comment

After years, no, decades, of wondering why all American voters don’t think and act the same way I do, I finally found something approaching an

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Several nations, divided

November 14, 2013 Bill Kesler Cities, Demographics/Polls, Federalism, Ideas, Politics, States Leave a comment

    We are not just one nation. We are eleven, according to Colin Woodard in a recent Tufts magazine article. He focuses on

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