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Darryl PaulsonApril 14, 2016

Here are a few basic facts about the electoral-college system. First, very few voters understand how it works. Second, most voters hate the system. Third, the system is almost impossible to change. Those who drafted the Constitution had little trust in democracy. James Madison, in The Federalist Papers, wrote that unfettered majorities tend toward “tyranny.” […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 13, 2016

Here are a few basic facts about the electoral-college system. First, very few voters understand how it works. Second, most voters hate the system. Third, the system is almost impossible to change. Those who drafted the Constitution had little trust in democracy. James Madison, in The Federalist Papers, wrote that unfettered majorities tend toward “tyranny.” […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2015

As Douglas Adams wrote in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” That pretty much describes Florida’s political landscape right now, with a year until Election Day (and, perhaps more astonishingly, just four months to the Presidential Preference Primary). A slew of key state races are as […]

Phil AmmannApril 6, 2015

If history is any indication, Florida could be the major player in choosing the next president. With among of the largest votes blocs in the Electoral College, Florida is poised to shake up the political map in 2016, according to the folks at Smart Politics. In 44 of 46 elections since 1832, at least one […]

Guest AuthorAugust 18, 2014

For the moment, the prolific images on CNN of bleeding and maimed Gazan children being used as human shields by Hamas in hospitals have ceased. So has the castigation by the White House of Israel’s use of harsh military force to stop the rockets from being shot from these humanitarian facilities. While the on-again, off-again […]

Tag: Electoral College

Darryl Paulson: Voters don’t understand or like the Electoral College

Darryl Paulson: Voters don’t understand or like the Electoral College

Peter Schorsch: A year out from Election Day in Florida, confusion, uncertainty reign

History shows Florida could be the big electoral state to flip in 2016

Steven Kurlander: Gaza and Obama’s castigation of Israel: A sign of the growing insignificance of the ‘Jewish vote’ in American politics