The New Yorker has this article about polls, especially election polls, in U.S. history. There is much ammunition in this article to attack the idea that candidates should be invited into debates on the basis of poll results. Thanks to … Continue reading
This analysis at Presidential Debate News discusses the October 29 decision of the Commission on Presidential Debates to exclude every candidate who is below 15% in polls. The analysis notes that the CPD’s announcement acknowledges that the Commission was not … Continue reading
The North Dakota Libertarian Party held a state convention on November 7 and endorsed many candidates for statewide office. Technically those candidates aren’t the party nominees yet, but because the party has endorsed them, their names will go on the … Continue reading
On September 15, 2015, BAN reported here that the Nationalist Times, the party newspaper for the Populist Party of 1984-1994, would cease publication. However, after the paper made that announcement, some donors stepped forward to keep it in business, so … Continue reading
On November 3, four Green Party nominees were elected to partisan local office in Connecticut. See this story. … Continue reading
