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Bill Kristol on June 21 said he estimates an 85% probability that Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee. Kristol was speaking to a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
Florida will hold a statewide primary for the Libertarian Party on August 30, for U.S. Senate. The candidates are Augustus Invictus and Paul Stanton. Here is a link to the list of primary candidates so far. The list may grow, … Continue reading
The California Secretary of State’s web page for election returns from June 2016 now shows that Preston Picus placed second for U.S. House, 12th district, behind Democrat Nancy Pelosi and ahead of Republican candidate Bob Miller. The June 21 results … Continue reading
Great Britain will use simple paper ballots, marked by pen, for the June 23 referendum on whether the country should leave the European Union. Nothing else is on the ballot. See here for a picture of the ballot (scroll down), … Continue reading
Jonathan Rauch, a scholar and author who writes frequently for The Atlantic, has this article that says the U.S. might be better off if it had not instituted government-administered primaries. His article covers other topics also, including internal congressional procedures, … Continue reading