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Tom JacksonAugust 30, 2016

The impression I get is people have the wrong idea about primary elections. To apply a sports analogy, people — I’d call them voters, except they’re plainly not — think of primaries as the exhibition season. This is not without solid foundation. I mean, they do sort of look like the preseason. Starry-eyed unknowns hoping […]

Jac VerSteegJuly 27, 2015

Donald Trump ahead in the polls? Republicans must be crazy! But there is another way to look at the polls. About 80 percent of Republicans do not say Trump is their top choice. That illustrates why Republicans are not as crazy as they’re often portrayed for creating the Trump Bump. However, it also shows why […]

Jac VerSteegJuly 26, 2015

Donald Trump ahead in the polls? Republicans must be crazy! But there is another way to look at the polls. About 80 percent of Republicans do not say Donald Trump is their top choice. That illustrates why Republicans are not as crazy as they’re often portrayed for creating the Trump Bump. However, it also shows […]

Peter SchorschJuly 22, 2015

After several months of cooking, a new proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution popped up this week. What is it? It’s a mouthful and is called, “All Voters Vote in Top Two Primary Elections for Congress, State Legislature, Governor, and Cabinet” and it basically changes the rules for how elections are conducted in Florida. It does […]

Dominic CalabroAugust 25, 2014

Florida’s primary election is today. This year’s election cycle features a highly contested governor’s race, and the political adversaries hoping to battle it out on the November ticket are only warming up during the primary races. Everybody knows about Election Day in the United States. On the first Tuesday in November, American citizens around the […]

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Gabrielle Russon

Tom Jackson: Maybe if we thought of primaries as playoffs …

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Donald Trump Bump doesn’t prove Republicans are nuts

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Trump Bump doesn’t prove Republicans are nuts

Peter Schorsch: Old hands propose new notion to open Florida's primary elections

Dominic Calabro: Today’s primaries are just as important as the general elections