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| | | | | I first encountered Jesse Wegman's Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College on display at a Half Price Books store soon after the book was published in 2020. My first impression was feeling like the book was unnecessary. I had never heard anyone arguing in favor of the Electoral [...] | |
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| | | | | As Donald Trump exited the stage after addressing the 2016 Values Voter Summit (VVS) in Washington, DC a year ago, the Rolling Stone's "You Can't Always Get What You Want" blasted from the speakers. The audience gathered together for the Family Research Council's annual conference offered both Trump and then-Governor Mike Pence standing ovations, even though Senator Ted Cruz had won the traditional VVS presidential straw poll each of the previous three years, with Ben Carson consistently coming in second. The thousands cheering in the hotel ballroom were early evidence that evangelicals (who make up the country's biggest and most powerful religious voting bloc) were gradually coalescing behind Trump. Indeed, come Election Day they turned out in force: exit polls from the 2016 presidential election revealed that the Trump/Pence ticket managed to win over 81 percent of White, self-describedevangelicals. | |
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| | | | | Victor Martinez, who owns Allentown-based La Mega radio station, has been interviewed by CNN, broadcast his morning talk show from the White House and had Vice President Kamala Harris call in for an interview. | |
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| | | In a fashion similar to what became known as the "Asian Contagion" in the late 90s, the current stress in emerging economies has been spre... | ||