Category Archives: campaigns

“Trump’s Claims of ‘Rigged’ Election Could Hurt His Own Campaign, Research Shows”

October 18, 2016, 8:52 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Byron Tau for the WSJ: But his rhetoric could also have the impact of hurting his own campaign, according to some of the latest research into the topic. In one experiment conducted by Adam Seth Levine of Cornell University and… Continue reading

“Trump poses an unprecedented threat to the peaceful transition of power”

October 18, 2016, 8:39 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo editorial: Now, for the first time in modern history, a major-party candidate rejects both sides of that equation. If he loses, Donald Trump says, it will be due to cheating that makes the result illegitimate. If he wins, he… Continue reading

“Shameful Silence on Donald Trump’s Lies About Vote-Rigging”

October 18, 2016, 8:36 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT editorial: Instead of disavowing this absurdity outright, Republican leaders sit by in spineless silence. Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, and Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, are the two most powerful Republicans in the country and should… Continue reading

“Trump proposes five-year ban on executive branch officials and lawmakers who want to become lobbyists”

October 18, 2016, 8:34 amcampaign finance, campaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

WaPo: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday called for tighter restrictions on Washington’s revolving door, proposing a five-year ban on members of Congress and executive branch officials who want to become lobbyists after leaving government. Trump also proposed a… Continue reading

“Is Trump Urging His Gun-Toting Supporters To Break Voter Intimidation Laws?”

October 18, 2016, 8:23 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed for TPM: Donald Trump is engaging in an unprecedented campaign of voter fraud fear-mongering. Not only is he putting Americans’ trust in the bedrock of U.S. democracy at risk, but what he has urged his supporters to do… Continue reading

“Election officials, Clinton team brace for fallout from Trump’s ‘rigged’ claims”

October 17, 2016, 4:31 pmcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Trump says the election could be rigged. Here’s why it won’t be.”

October 17, 2016, 12:04 pmcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I spoke with Alex Cohen of KPCC’s Take Two.

“Lobbyists raised $11 million for Hillary Clinton since July, none for Trump”

October 17, 2016, 8:25 amcampaign finance, campaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Trump’s Vote Rigging Rhetoric Causes Supporters to Lose Faith in Fairness of the Electoral Process

October 17, 2016, 8:10 amcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Morning Consult: Eighty percent of Americans say they are confident their vote will be accurately counted in the election. But independent voters are markedly less certain their votes will count, with just 68 percent saying they are confident their vote… Continue reading

“Koch brothers’ network focusing on GOP Senate, not Trump”

October 17, 2016, 7:55 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

AP: Four years after spending heavily in a futile effort to prevent President Barack Obama’s second term, the Kochs have pushed all of their resources down ballot. And their resources are ample: They’re on track to spend about $250 million… Continue reading

Republicans Support Green Party Candidate in AZ to Hurt Democrat

October 17, 2016, 7:47 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Arizona’s Politics.

“The Other Campaign Madness: Mega-Donors”

October 17, 2016, 7:42 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT editorial: Whatever voters’ disappointment with the fractious and bitter election campaign, the moneyed forces underpinning the candidates are quietly doing very well. It’s estimated that the $6.3 billion record set for election spending by presidential and congressional candidates in… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s Biggest Lie is About the Election Itself”

October 16, 2016, 8:58 pmcampaigns, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Watch Brian Stelter on CNN. It’s important.

Outrages, Real and Imagined, Over Firebombing/Vandalism at NC GOP Office, and a Glimmer of Hope

October 16, 2016, 6:39 pmcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The Charlotte Observer reports: “Hillsborough police said somebody threw a bottle of flammable liquid through the window of Orange County’s GOP headquarters, setting campaign signs, supplies and furniture ablaze before burning itself out….A swastika and ‘Nazi Republicans get out… Continue reading