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Oct 03 2016
News
Does the Road to the White House Run Through Gary Johnson's New Mexico?
Take a look at the map above. It was put together by Nate Silver over at FiveThirtyEight and it depicts an unlikely but credible scenario in which Gary Johnson wins his home state of New Mexico and neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton get the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election outright.
ReasonNov 10 2020
Opinion
The Media Should Not Have 'Called' This Election
Joe Biden has made it clear that he will do his best to “unify” the country following an election in which more than 71 million Americans – nearly half the electorate – voted for Donald Trump. It is an admirable goal. But any chance of that happening depends on the American people having confidence that the election outcome resulted from a fair and honest process. Though never perfect, our
Guest Writer - RightMay 26 2015
News
Support for marriage equality in Ireland was strikingly broad
Ireland's historic vote in favor of marriage equality last Friday was, in the end, not especially close, with the yesses carrying almost every electoral district. Still, as Jason Kelleher's map of the vote shows, there were some very pronounced regional differences:
VoxJun 22 2012
News
Romney stirs up challenge on unions’ own turf
Mitt Romney has pushed the 2012 electoral battleground into union-friendly territory  putting organized labor on the defensive in states it typically has little trouble holding.
Washington TimesJan 24 2022
News
Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear a case challenging Harvard and the University of North Carolina's use of race in college admissions.
With the court already having heard arguments this term on abortion and guns, the affirmative action case marks yet another politically charged issue that threatens to
NPR (Online News)Jan 24 2022
Analysis
The Supreme Court will hear two cases that are likely to end affirmative action
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, two cases that present an existential threat to affirmative action in university admissions.
These cases are the culmination of a years-long strategy by conservative activists — and by one
VoxMay 11 2021
News
Reaching Back To The New Deal, Biden Proposes A Civilian Climate Corps
With college classes going online because of COVID-19, Joe Spofforth put his double major in political economies and educational studies on hold to move West and find work. When the pandemic was over, he'd go back.
"You can get real into this stuff," the 21-year-old Ohioan said, grinning at his mountain surroundings as his fellow Montana Conservation Corps crew members saw, chop and lop
NPR (Online News)Feb 06 2021
Data
As the pandemic persisted, financial pressures became a bigger factor in why Americans decided to move
When COVID-19 began spreading across the United States early last year, millions of people fled communities where they feared getting infected or headed home from closed-down college campuses. As lockdowns and economic pain dragged on, pandemic migrants surveyed last fall were more likely than those interviewed in the spring to have relocated due to financial stress and less likely to cite
Pew Research CenterNov 07 2012
News
Obama Claims Victory With Collectivist Message: Forward
After winning 303 electoral votes Tuesday night, President Barack Obama walked onto the stage at Obama Headquarters in Chicago with his family to accept his reelection victory.
TownhallNov 05 2014
News
Bob Schieffer on GOP Midterm Wins: ‘The Mood Is Nasty’ In America, Vote an Indictment of Both Parties
During CBS News’ midterm coverage in prime time on Tuesday night, Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer repeatedly dismissed the significance of the GOP’s electoral victory and peddled liberal talking points to explain away the midterm results.
Media Research Center