Tag Archives: Elections

The End Of Swing-Back-To-The-Center Elections

The End Of Swing-Back-To-The-Center Elections

The historic pattern for one seeking to become the president of the United States has been to run your primary election campaign away from the political center, towards the activist base of your party. You then swing back towards the center, once you’ve secured your party’s nomination, so you can catch the necessary chunk of… Continue Reading

Picturing Gerrymandering Wrong

Picturing Gerrymandering Wrong

You may have seen this image (originally from reddit) and the accompanying article from the Washington Post about what gerrymandering is, and why it is a problem. But the real problems are articles and images that challenge gerrymandering while conflating space and population, ignoring other considerations, and assuming the existence of an easy solution that simply doesn’t… Continue Reading

The Long Road Home

The Long Road Home

I want to first start out by wishing readers a Happy New Year. I hope your 2015 will be a happy and healthy one. I also would like to thank Jason for his initial post on the 2016 Presidential potentials; this will segue nicely into my topic: The length of campaign seasons. As it stands… Continue Reading

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