Ballots aren’t cheap — and I’m not talking about buy votes. Most election boards pre-order their ballots from print shops, and they have to print more than they expect to need. Add in the cost of optical scanners, and you’ll see why so many counties like the ideas of electronic balloting.
But Florida knows the need […]
In A Polling Primer we discussed how to distinguish good surveys from bad. But although scientific surveys provide trustworthy results, they might not ask the hard-hitting questions that we really need answered. Here’s a great example from Parade Magazine.
Recently, Parade.com gave visitors to its site the opportunity to answer a series of questions. Here’s the […]
One thing to remember about good campaign staffers: they can absolutely turn on a dime. They can respond to fundraising needs or current events with an almost unbelievable response time. Take, for instance, yesterday’s announcement of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. This morning, political news is full of reports of candidates’ […]
One thing to remember about good campaign staffers: they can absolutely turn on a dime. They can respond to fundraising needs or current events with an almost unbelievable response time. Take, for instance, yesterday’s announcement of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. This morning, political news is full of reports of candidates’ […]
Residents of Iowa - the state with the first official presidential nominating contest in the country - expect to be overwhelmed with personal attention by the major campaigns. With stakes so high, a few more telephone calls to likely caucus-goers just might mean the difference between a prime-time victory speech and a week’s worth of […]
The best way to figure out politics, is always to follow the money. The political pundits relying on InTrade.com’s numbers for predicting the 2008 use that principle to their advantage.
InTrade.com is a trading exchange. Basically, the site’s membership speculates on the outcome of a number of future events (including political races) in much the same […]
I can think of no better time of the year to discuss the institution of the National Holiday.
In the US, legislation declaring a ‘national holiday’ is passed by Congress and signed by the President, just like any other law. On these Congressionally-designated holidays, most employees of the federal government are given the day off. […]
Yesterday’s Des Moines Register carried a story about a call for a ban on 527 groups (tax-exempt organizations that are not regulated by the Federal Election Commission or state election commissions that work to influence elections). Plenty of people feel that 527s need a bit of regulation, but the Register’s article focused on John Edward’s […]
On Sunday, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered interviewed Bill Adair, the editor of Politifact.org, a major non-partisan political fact-checking group. It was a great interview - have a listen right here:
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Recently, the state of New York passed a law commonly called the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. The law, which applies only to airports within New York, requires that airlines provide water, food, fresh air, and bathrooms to passengers on any flight stuck on the tarmac for more than three hours.
The Air Transport Association of […]
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Written by Madeline Martin [email], and Thursday Bram [email] for b5media.
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