Political Studies (American Politics) graduate from The Master's College. Written for Religion News Service, Human Events, Cybercast News Service, and USA Today. Leans libertarian. Focuses on internet's role in underdog political campaigns.
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Despite the narrative that the Republican presidential field faces trouble from disgruntled voters in an election year, the bloody political campaign doesn’t seem to have negatively affected congressional Republicans who are also being gauged by constituents. A recent Gallup poll indicates that congressional Republicans have climbed back into a
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Despite some modest gains in positive sentiment from California’s voters in certain areas, the latest Field poll indicates that the state still has a long road ahead on the path to recovery. Party-aligned voters weighed in on Governor Brown’s performance. As expected, party sentiment is polarized when it
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Republican voters may have negative sentiments toward the current field of GOP presidential hopefuls, but the latest Gallup polling data shows that a majority of these voters prefer the final nominee to come from the current pack and would prefer not to head into a brokered GOP convention in August.
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Thaddeus McCotter, former Republican presidential candidate and current Michigan congressman, recently warned about the GOP establishment maneuvering the 2012 presidential campaign toward a brokered convention in which party insiders hand pick a “new face” nominee. The congressman outlined four consequences he believes would result from a convention that produces a
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President Barack Obama may be gradually regaining the favor of Independent voters in the midst of a Republican dogfight, but that doesn’t mean that the influential voter demographic still isn’t skeptical of the steps he’s taken to revive the nation’s economy. The latest survey released Thursday
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Coinciding with the next two presidential election cycles in 2012 and 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting Hispanics to have a significant presence in the nation’s labor force over the next ten years. As reported by the Pew Research Center, Hispanics are expected to account for three-quarters
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When it comes to watching the GOP presidential debates this election cycle, Independent voters are more removed from the process than both Republicans and Democrats. The finding comes from a survey released this week by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Pew says that roughly a
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As two-party rhetoric heats up over reviving the U.S. economy, a new Gallup survey indicates that large majorities of Independents are siding more with Democrats on certain economic proposals than Republicans. The survey, conducted in January but released last week, specifically listed a set of five economic proposals and
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As most of the GOP presidential candidates will be rallying the party base at next week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Texas Congressman Ron Paul won’t be present at what’s billed as "the largest annual gathering of conservative activists." Instead, he’s hitting the campaign
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Another presidential primary takes place today, this time in the independent-voter rich state of Florida. According to a survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released Monday, the number of Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters unimpressed with their party’s presidential field has risen since
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President Obama created the White House Office of Urban Affairs in February 2009. According to the White House, the feds gave insufficient attention to urban America's past problems.The office’s stated goal is to encourage wise urban investment and development that would lead to more employment and
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As the next presidential primary contest approaches one week from today, Florida’s former governor and younger brother of President George W. Bush has a word of wisdom for the remaining four Republican presidential candidates. Without singling out anyone for harsh criticism or even endorsing a nominee ahead of the