Category Archives: campaigns

Trump Voters, the South, and Slavery

February 23, 2016, 9:11 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Lynn Vavreck for NYT’s The UpShot: According to P.P.P., 70 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters in South Carolina wish the Confederate battle flag were still flying on their statehouse grounds. (It was removed last summer less than a month after… Continue reading

“Campaign finance activists try to explain Jeb Bush’s $130 million fail”

February 23, 2016, 9:09 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Benjy Sarlin reports for MSNBC.

“Univision Aims to Make Hispanic Voting Bloc Even More Formidable”

February 23, 2016, 7:55 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The company, including its top-rated Spanish-language network and many subsidiaries, is making an ambitious nationwide effort aimed at registering about three million new Latino voters this year, roughly the same number who have come of voting age since… Continue reading

“How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It”

February 22, 2016, 6:54 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT breaks it down.

“2016 Trump rewrites campaign cash rules”

February 21, 2016, 10:45 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“Democratic party fundraising effort helps Clinton find new donors, too”

February 19, 2016, 3:21 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

When Jeb Bush Drops Out This Weekend, Don’t Tell Us Money in Politics Doesn’t Matter

February 19, 2016, 6:46 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I’ve already written the prebuttal in WaPo: It is easy to dismiss as overblown the concern about the outsize role of ultra-rich donors in the American political scene. Exhibit 1: Jeb Bush. Bush’s $100 million in super PAC fundraising was… Continue reading

Derek Muller Tracks the Natural Born Citizen Litigation

February 19, 2016, 6:38 amcampaignsRick Hasen

So you (or I) don’t have to.

“New Yorkers seek court order to keep Ted Cruz off the ballot in state Republican presidential primaries because he was born in Canada”

February 18, 2016, 8:39 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

NYDN reports.

“National Poll Highlights What Republican Voters Really Think”

February 18, 2016, 12:57 pmalternative voting systems, campaignsRick Hasen

Release: The College of William of Mary and the nonpartisan electoral reform organization FairVote have released a report on a national survey offering new insights into voter preferences and views on electoral reform. In partnership with YouGov and scholars… Continue reading

“Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor”

February 17, 2016, 7:29 pmcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Must read Haberman/JMart in the NYT.

How Would Trump Do in SC If We Had Ranked Choice Voting?

February 17, 2016, 10:17 amalternative voting systems, campaignsRick Hasen

Fairvote analysis and infographic.

Tokaji: Is Ted Cruz Eligible to Be President? Let’s Find Out

February 17, 2016, 6:00 amcampaignsDan Tokaji

Donald Trump has revived the question whether Senator Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve as President due to his birth in Canada. A recent Trump Tweet asserts that Trump has standing and threatens to sue if Senator Cruz doesn’t stop… Continue reading