The American Psychological Association, which constantly monitors the level of stress in the United States, finds that 52% of Americans are “somewhat” or “very” stressed by the upcoming election and the campaign. Thanks to Gerald Pechenuk for the link. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
Greg Orman was an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas in 2014. He came in second, losing by approximately 92,000 votes to the Republican incumbent, Pat Roberts. Here is an article by Orman at Real Clear Politics, making the … Continue reading
Political science professor Joshua Tucker has this column in the Washington Post, mulling over the possibility that faithless presidential electors from states such as Ohio or Texas might put someone like John Kasich or Ted Cruz into the running for … Continue reading
Georgia this year required independent presidential candidates to file their 7,500 signatures by July 12. But the state also required such candidates to file the names of the presidential elector candidates by July 1. Rocky De La Fuente petitioned in … Continue reading
Georgia is holding 236 legislative elections next month: 56 state senate races and 180 state house races. Only 46 of those 236 races have more than one candidate on the ballot. Yet whenever Georgia ballot access laws are challenged, the … Continue reading