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Maine Voters To Decide Future Of Gay Marriage Law Tuesday

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

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PORTLAND, Maine — Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporte...

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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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.

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American Beauty

Darin Murphy | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

It's nearly impossible to grasp the sheer gravity of this moment. All watched with gaping mouths, transfixed by pride and disbelief, as Obama appeared for the first time as the next President.

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Never Fear: Your Exit Poll is Here!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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The Ten-Foot Poll was created to plug some of those glaring gaps in the election coverage offered by the networks, the cable outlets and even the internet.

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Bush To Obama: "What An Awesome Night For You"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. The two-term Republican president told the I...

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Kerry: "Tonight New Dreams Are Born"

CNN | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John Kerry released the following statement in response to Sen. Barack Obama's victory: "Tonight we elected a President who has inspired a major...

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McCain Camp Mood: "Great Fight" ... "No Regrets"

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

MSNBC describes the mood in John McCain's villa: Senior staffers are gathering to spend time with Senator McCain at the "family villa" they are usin...

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President Obama: Barack Obama Becomes America's 44th President

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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See below for the results of election 2008! Daily Kos Map CNN's Electoral Map Google Map: Follow Presidential, Senate House Races CBS News ...

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MSNBC Continually Features Inaccurate Poll Closing Times

Media Matters | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Sometimes, the multitude of information and data that floods the airwaves on Election Day can be too overwhelming to keep track of. During MSNBC's co...

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Election Results: States To Watch

NY Times/Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Pundits and pollsters may be trying to take all the fun out of Election Day. So many have predicted a lopsided victory for Senator Barack Obama over S...

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Presidential Election Momentum... The Winner May Be National Popular Vote

Rob Richie | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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There's a special way this election may be part of history: 2008 promises to be the very last election held under the current Electoral College system.

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Abolish the Electoral College: House Joint Resolution 36

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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The race is no longer about delegates, party rules, or even the popular vote, it's now about electoral votes. And because the race is close, once again a major Constitutional flaw is exposed--the Electoral College.

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"Popular Vote" Claims Just A Myth

Charles Kozierok | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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"Winning the popular vote" doesn't mean what most people think it does, and the conclusions that people draw from this bogus metric are myths.

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

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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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).

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Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...

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Obama Could Win Vote, Lose Election

Politico | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Until 2000, it hadn't happened in more than 100 years, but plugged-in observers from both parties see a distinct possibility of Barack Obama winning t...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Hillary's Popular Vote Notion only 'Popular' with the Punditocracy

Donald Sutherland | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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Haven't we had enough of Mrs. Clinton's mad antics in her pursuit of the realization of venal personal ambition?

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Hillary Clinton and the Popular Vote: Not Wrong, But Meaningless

Daniel Koffler | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Even if the Clinton math weren't a cynical and mendacious display of disrespect for the intelligence of the American people, it would still be flagrantly contradictory on its own terms.

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Clinton Camp Misrepresents ABC's Popular Vote Tally

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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In today's edition of "The Note," ABC News' Rick Klein wrote that "By one (rightly disputed) metric -- the popular vote, including Florida and Michiga...

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Last Night Clinton Won the Pennsylvania Primary, but Lost the War for the Nomination

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

She started with a lead of almost 20 points. But her final margin of 9.2% fell far short of what was needed to stop Obama's nomination. Here's why.

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Clinton: Popular Vote Count Must Include Florida, Michigan

Political Radar | Eloise Harper | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

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For a while now, Sen. Hillary Clinton has been saying that the winner of the popular vote should matter. But if Michigan and Florida don't count in t...

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Can Clinton Win The Popular Vote?

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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The apparent collapse of planned new votes in Florida and Michigan could push victory on a key symbolic measure -- the primary season popular vote -- ...

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Clinton: Superdelegates Trump Popular Vote

Boston Globe's Political Intelligence | Foon Rhee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton will take the Democratic nomination even if she does not win the popular vote, but persuades enough superdelegates to vote for her at ...

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