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An Electoral College Tie: Far More Likely Than You Think

John Ziegler | Posted 04.17.2012

John Ziegler

An electoral college tie is hardly far-fetched. It may even be likely. If this scenario were to transpire, it would mean that the newly-elected House of Representatives would chose the president.

Examining the Democratic Mechanisms of Political Parties

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 01.12.2012

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.

One could argue that the existence of different political parties makes little difference. This is because regardless of the initial political stance of the winning candidate or party, in most cases they will identify the same electoral issues and often adopt similar measures in response.

GOP Attack on Pa. Democracy

Sen. Daylin Leach | Posted 11.15.2011

Sen. Daylin Leach

Elections in a democracy are sacred. Changing the rules created by our founders in order to benefit one political party is profoundly wrong. It desecrates our history and is a repugnant attack on the very core of our nationhood.

Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Nickolas

It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

All That Campaigning? It Mattered

Seth Masket | Posted 05.25.2011

Seth Masket

Political scientists have a difficult time showing campaigns actually affect votes. In a new paper, I found that had it not been for Obama's field offices, McCain would have won Florida, Indiana and North Carolina.

Sahil Kapur

Dem Advantage Over GOP Has Expanded Since Election: Gallup

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

After seven months of controlling the White House and Congress, Democrats have slightly expanded their electoral advantage over the GOP, a new Gallup ...

The Politics of Realignment

Jerome Karabel | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerome Karabel

Barack Obama's victory could well be the third realigning election in the past century -- one that will be seen by historians as the beginning of an emerging Democratic majority.

Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Brian Normoyle

The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

Obama's Big Bang in France

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Arnold

The truth is -- and some Americans don't understand this -- the French also wanted the best for us.

Mandate for Change

Greg Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Greg Saunders

Barack Obama is under no obligation to govern like a centrist or temper his policy goals to accommodate a point-of-view that the American people have decisively rejected. Obama won. Elections have consequences.

The Morning After

Laurel Kaufer | Posted 05.25.2011

Laurel Kaufer

As we have heard from the analysts on both sides for much of the last month, this year we saw "the perfect storm" hit the Republican party in almost every conceivable way.

Reflections on Voting -- 11/4/08

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

I kept thinking, "I wish my Mother could be here." I thought about Barack Obama's grandmother... and Paul Newman, too.

Vote: The Final Secret?

Susan Straight | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Straight

This morning at 7:08 am, I voted alone for the first time in twenty years. I walked the four blocks to my polling place at a local church without my usual entourage -- at least one or two kids and a dog.

The Importance of Today

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Hart

Today America is going to produce the greatest civil rights demonstration in the history of the world.

In Paris, Obama May Be The Only Antidote to W-Induced Shame

Jessica Roy | Posted 05.25.2011

Jessica Roy

One of the first things French people ask me after I tell them I am American is if I am voting for Obama. One guy actually tried to buy the Obama shirt I picked up at the DNC right off my back.

Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

Here is a collection of my posts and videos from this historic week: Obama Wins: Why All Americans Have a Reason to Celebrate Watch: Election Night Reactions: Arianna Talks With Norman Lear, Laurie David, Marty Kaplan And Madelaine Lear Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy The Winners and Losers of Campaign '08 Watch: Arianna on BBC Newsnight Discussing Obama's Win I'm Ready to Declare a Winner in the 2008 Race: the Internet

Neither Bombs, Rev. Wright or the Gloom of Night

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Phillip Martin

In the U.S., the possibility of an African American president does not presuppose the end to color prejudice any more than the election of Mandela meant an end to inequalities in South Africa.

Why Obama Will Lose Today....

Richard Grenell | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Grenell

Since Obama's problems from the Democratic Primary have not been resolved, nor reported by the national media, the Electoral College map signals trouble for the media's main man.

Liveblogging the Election from Amman, Jordan

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Daoud Kuttab

The Middle East is divided between disbelief and excitement as well as apathy. Many can't believe that America will indeed elect a black man with African roots and a Muslim father as president.

Time For Grand Coalition Government

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Lanny Davis

The 2008 election presents another appropriate time when bipartisan unity government is needed more than ever.

America Elects 'A Rock Star'

David A. Andelman | Posted 05.25.2011

David A. Andelman

The all but unanimous conclusion from my time taking calls from folks on Radio France was a simple one: "Barack Obama is 'le rock star.'"

Truth or Fiction: Voting by Memoir

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

David Henry Sterry

McCain didn't even write his memoir. And the book reads like it was written by the captain of the football team who had the smart kid do it for him.

Ya Hussein!

Hooman Majd | Posted 05.25.2011

Hooman Majd

Tonight, as Americans have decided they would prefer Obama to McCain as their next president there is a sigh of relief, and disbelief, in many quarters in the Middle East, including in Iran.

Republican Steals All of Neighborhood Obama Signs

Philip G. Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Philip G. Baker

Our neighborhood has had many more Obama lawn signs than McCain, by a a ratio of almost 10:1. Today someone drove through this part of the town and stole all of the Obama signs.

Who's Watching?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Jayne Lyn Stahl

When we vote, there will be many by our side we can't see, but they'll be watching us. Whitman wrote that for all we know, he may be standing looking over our shoulders now. He may be right.