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Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2018

A new poll released Monday by the University of North Florida continues to show that Florida Republicans have a different set of concerns and issues priorities than Democrats or independent voters, and that starts with immigration and crime. In the Florida Statewide Poll conducted by Public Opinion Research Lab, a quarter of surveyed Republican registered […]

Associated PressJune 21, 2017

Iowa independents who helped Donald Trump win the presidency see last year’s tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive and wish he’d show more grace. Unaffiliated voters make up the largest percentage of the electorate in the Midwest state that backed Trump in 2016, after lifting Democrat Barack Obama to the White House in party […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2017

Four days after Donald Trump‘s surprising White House victory, the liberal organization CREDO Action fired off a frantic warning to its 4.6 million anxious supporters. Their worry wasn’t the new president. It was his opposition. “Democratic leaders have been welcoming Trump,” the email said. “That’s not acceptable. Democratic leaders need to stand up and fight. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2016

The number of Americans who think the nation is divided has reached an all-time high according to a new Gallup poll. The poll found 77 percent of Americans see the country as divided, while 21 percent said the country was united. In 2012, the last time Gallup measured perceptions of unity, 69 percent of respondents […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

The Florida Democratic Party is reporting more than 221,000 new Democratic voters have been added to the state’s voter rolls during the first eight months of this year — 20 percent more than the number of new Republicans. The gap is far wider among new voters who are black, Hispanic, or reporting “other” races on their voter registrations, […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

The Donald Trump–Marco Rubio–Ted Cruz–John Kasich show that came to Florida this winter provided a boost of more than 100,000 registered voters for the Republican Party of Florida while the Hillary Clinton–Bernie Sanders affair gave no such bounce for the Florida Democratic Party. Florida’s final voter registration counts going into the state’s March 15 presidential primary […]

Jac VerSteegAugust 10, 2015

The outrage is not that Donald Trump raised his hand. The outrage is that none of the other Republican candidates for president raised his hand. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and the others should have lifted their hands high Thursday night when the questioner asked them whether they would not pledge to support the eventual GOP […]

Martin DyckmanMay 21, 2015

Of all the differences between the major parties, one is particularly confounding. Why should Republicans appear to be nearly twice as bloodthirsty as Democrats? According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, overall support for the death penalty has fallen to 56 percent, down six points since 2011 and by 22 since 1996 when 78 […]

Guest AuthorMarch 29, 2015

I tend to believe systems self-regulate towards maintaining equilibrium. However, for the first time, I am starting to ponder, “Is America’s current two party system heading towards collapse?” A simple definition of complex systems is a system comprised of many, diverse actors who have interdependent relationships providing feedback and adapting in an ever-changing landscape. We all can agree, […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 10, 2014

I’m this close to believing Florida Democratic Party (FDP) leaders can’t see the political forest full of discontent and disinterest enveloping them, due to a new reform agenda focused on “operational” tree trimming. The party responded to its Election 2014 failures the same way so many other large, out-of-touch organizations respond after taking big, embarrassing […]

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Republicans worried about immigration, crime; Democrats, indies, not so much

Donald Trump returning to Iowa, where he may find remorseful independent voters

Tea Party parallel? Liberals taking aim at their own party

Americans thinking nation is divided hits all-time high, new polling shows

Florida Dems’ claim big voter registration drive advantage; yet racial splits widening

Presidential primary lifts Republican voter registration as Democrats sag

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio should have raised hands against Donald Trump

Martin Dyckman: Why do Republicans favor death penalty so much more than Democrats?

Alex Patton: Is America's two-party system heading toward collapse?

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party can’t ‘LEAD’ from behind