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Vice-presidential candidates do win votes. But Mike Pence won’t help Donald Trump win the election. Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson - July 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43886" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with
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GOP voters picked Trump. Party leaders aren’t falling in line. Here’s why that’s surprising. Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - May 10, 2016 Now that Donald Trump has all but wrapped up the
This research shows that vice presidential candidates actually do win votes in their home states Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson - April 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35097" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post; Melina Mara/The
Holding hearings for Merrick Garland would actually help Senate Republicans. Here’s how. Barbara Perry - April 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36037" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The chair of the late Supreme
Bernie Sanders thinks the Democratic primary process ‘distorts reality.’ Does history back this up? Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - April 17, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont recently said his
One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year Barbara Perry - February 29, 2016 Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow
Listen up, Republicans. Here’s what Ronald Reagan knew about campaigning and governing. Jeff Chidester - February 24, 2016 In the three weeks since the presidential primary season began,
Two reasons the Republican presidential race is still such a mess Tony Lucadamo and Nicole Hemmer - February 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35833" align="aligncenter" width="908"] From left, John Kasich, Jeb Bush,