Timm Herdt, state editor of the Ventura County Star and author of a weekly politics column that is distributed nationally by Scripps Howard Syndicate, says in this column that California’s Proposition 14, the top-two system, should be repealed. Herdt notes … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Last month, the Western Political Science Association gave the Charles Redd Award for the Best Paper on the Politics of the American West to political scientists Jack Citrin, Gabriel Lenz, and Douglas Ahler. The award was for their 2013 paper, … Continue reading
Truthdig has this analysis of California’s top-two system, written by Ellen Brown, the Green Party candidate for State Treasurer of California this year. Truthdig is nine years old and has won many awards for journalism excellence. UPDATE: the article is … Continue reading
On June 7, SurveyUSA released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia. No one yet knows for sure who the Republican nominee will be, so the poll asked about the general election for two possible sets of candidates. … Continue reading
The Washington Post has this editorial, saying the city should accept the recent decision of the D.C. Court of Appeals, that the city must hold an election this year (or possibly early in 2015) for Attorney General of the District … Continue reading