Category Archives: campaigns
“Former Obama Staff Complain Of Cold Inaugural Shoulder”
Buzzfeed: “In a sour footnote to President Barack Obama’s sweeping electoral victory last November, many of his campaign staffers have been shut out of the inaugural festivities, more than a dozen of them complained to BuzzFeed Monday.’We worked our… Continue reading
“How Did People Vote and Who Did They Vote For?”
Michael McDonald: “You know who won the 2012 presidential election. What you may not know is which candidate did best among the different ways that people vote.”
“Discouraging Election Contests”
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (University of Richmond Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This brief article offers a few proposals for discouraging losing candidates from contesting the certified result of an election. Our system encourages –… Continue reading
“How Romney Could Have Won”
National Review: “If votes in every state were awarded by congressional district, President-elect Romney would be planning his inauguration right now.”
That strikes me as overly simplistic: if voting took place on a district by district basis, the campaigns… Continue reading
“Inouye gave preference for successor before he died”
“How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House”
“Michigan Effort Shows G.O.P. Sway in State Contests”
“Scott’s departure for Senate will trigger third special House election in 2013”
“A More Perfect Union: How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters, part 1”
Sasha Issenberg has written this article for the MIT Technology Review.
“Do super PACS have a right to lie?”
The Columbia Journalism Review reports.
“Did Karl Rove earn any money from American Crossroads?”
WaPo’s fact checker ready to give 4 Pinocchios to anyone willing to make the claim.
“Legal Standard for ‘Willful’ Violations Of Campaign Law Considered by Court”
Bloomberg BNA: “The legal standard to prove a ‘willful’ violation of campaign finance laws is being debated by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers in a major criminal case, with the Justice Department being accused of backing away from a… Continue reading