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Five Candidates

2020 Potential Democratic Contenders: A Closer Look

August 7, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination began at 11:30 PM, November 8th, 2016 when the networks projected that Donald Trump would carry the

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voters

League of Women Voters issues action alert on voter suppression

July 28, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The League of Women Voters [Missouri chapter] has just issued an action alert to all of its members, regarding Trump’s voter-suppression commission. Here is

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Tammy Duckworth

Suggested disqualifiers before Campaign 2020 begins

July 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Campaigns, Voting/Elections One comment

Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth ranks first in our list of viable Democratic candidates for 2020. If the Democratic Party is truly going to be

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Democratic Candidates

It’s Never Too Early! Narrowing the 2020 Field

July 20, 2017 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Voting/Elections 4 comments

(Methodology) Pundits and politicos have been curating lists of potential contenders for the 2020 Democratic, including on this site, but how do we sort

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Trump-2020

12 Possible Endings for Trump’s 1st Term

July 9, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democrats, Government, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

This list isn’t organized in any particular way, but rather it’s just a selection of possible places we might find ourselves in 4 years.

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Jason Chaffetz

Do the unthinkable: double, triple Congressional Salaries

July 3, 2017 Arthur Lieber Congress, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Good government, Health care, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Of all people, conservative retired Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) tossed out the idea that Members of Congress should be given a monthly housing stipend

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Rural America

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Democrats Have Larger Problems

June 6, 2017 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Hillary Clinton, Missouri region, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

There are several theories that attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton was defeated in November, and most of them are at least somewhat credible.

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Election 2020

Let the race begin for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination

June 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 4 comments

If the United States was a sophisticated European democracy, the headline to this article would be way out of place. After all, as Gabe

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Comey

Theory: Comey’s Pre-Election Letter Was Well Intentioned

March 25, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, FBI/NSA/CIA, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Politics, Trump, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican from Utah made this statement on Monday at the House Intelligence Committee, “Every media organization, every political organization, every

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U.S. Senate

Democrats have uphill fight for Senate in 2018

March 9, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Congress, Democrats, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections One comment

It’s not a pretty sight for Democrats. There may be hope for an American electoral recoil from Trump-mania, but the game in the U.S.

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