Election stories and voting
“How old should my child be before I tell him his vote doesn’t count?” spoke up a woman in the audience who had heard my speech about election day history. […]
Red State or Blue State: Your Vote Counts Read More »
The current trend toward early voting–from several weeks to several days in advance–is a recent trend that began to pick up speed in 2000. This year fully one-third of all
Early Voting: A New Trend with Hints of the Past Read More »
Shortly after Sarah Palin’s nomination to be the running mate of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, she noted that Hillary Clinton had cracked the glass ceiling and now it was
Normally, It’s the Name on Top that Matters Read More »
The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: If Candidates’ Families Could Answer Honestly… John W. Kern, a well-liked Democratic politician from Indiana, became his party’s choice for vice president in 1908.
If Families Were Honest (1908) Read More »
The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: The Hillary Factor Now that Barack Obama and the DNCC are talking about the convention schedule, we have learned that Hillary Clinton’s name will
The Hillary Factor (1908) Read More »
The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: Women Participate in Convention for the First Time Though the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote was not ratified
A First for Women (1908) Read More »
