#Parties

1. Thread on Re-aligning Elections: V.O. Key Jr. defined a "Critical Election" as "a type of election in which there occurs a sharp & durable electoral realignment between parties." 1932
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A reminder to everyone: This summer (before the Handmaid), SCOTUS brought down a decision that basically neutered faithless electors, upholding state laws against such practices & making doing so unconstitutional
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I'm trying to hear what everyone is saying, but feeling threatened by all the testimonials saying we don't need geological field experiences as part of a geologist's education. I'm afraid
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I think it's about time that political parties gave us a run down on who's a loose cannon on the ticket, but they just didn't know how off-kilter they were
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Some socialists lately have dismissed the importance of winning a ballot line headed by workers and socialists. Here's a thread on why I think this is wrong (from my latest
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Did i stutter when I said once Trump was gone republicans would go back to their bullshit? They brought Trump to happen in the first place. Republicans created the mess
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Roman EmpireThe main cause of the fall of the Roman Empire wasn’t one event, but a series of factors and events that caused a steady decline...to eventual collapse.History will repeat
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Interesting results but not an outlier. Crazy to me is that the @AlbertaParty, despite no permanent leader, no MLAs, and with seemingly no public presence on any issue continues to
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The President-elect and VP-elect have their own Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) which operates as a nonprofit and is tasked with raising millions to help organize and underwrite inaugural festivities such
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I have had same conversation 1,000's times in last 5 years:Well-meaning academics & journalists: you should devote your time to studying disinformation from Russians on social mediaMe: you should devote
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La décision prise ce week-end va changer la vie des français et des Britanniques. La façon dont nous partons ne concerne pas seulement les accords que nous concluons, mais le
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There are at least two things that distinguish the contemporary GOP from far-right, ethnonationalist parties in Europe: 1) the GOP is (in theory and practice) anti-majoritarian; 2) the GOP remains
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On minimum wage, Interviewed a business owner yesterday, company has about 50 employees, PBT about rm500k. Decent.He was arguing vehemently against raising min wage. Says that’ll destroy his business. Says
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So journalists like Owen Jones, & to some extent Michael Walker, have, undeniably helpfully, carved themselves a place in the mainstream media & are working hard to try to make
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My students have had more contact from me, not less. Contact hours have gone up, not down. The fact that those hours take place (mostly, but actually not entirely, online,
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One thing is pretty clear: the fossil fuel industry in Australia has captured both the government and the opposition party.The mechanics are simple: one or more party members promise to
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