See How US State Voting Patterns Have Shifted Since 1789
As the campaign for the 2016 presidential election gained momentum, U.S. businessman Donald Trump threatened to run as an independent if the Republican party did not treat him “fairly”. Third party candidates have been a part of most presidential elections. But since the 1848 election, when Whig party candidate Zachary Taylor defeated Democrat Lewis Cass, […]
Is America Actually 11 Countries?
Are the sometimes stark societal divisions in America rooted in the reality that, although the United States is one country, it is actually compromised of 11 nations with distinctly different cultures with their own values and viewpoints? MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They […]
Bang! Vice President Kills Political Foe in Famous US Duel
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness Americans politics can sometimes be a cut-throat business, but modern-day political feuds pale in comparison to the animosity between sitting U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, one […]
Americans Think Government Is Nation’s Biggest Problem
It’s not the economy, immigration or terrorism. For the fourth month in a row, Americans think the number one problem in the United States is its government. Eighteen percent of Americans said dissatisfaction with government is the top problem facing the nation, while the economy and jobs came in second place with 10 percent each, […]
Rise of Asian-American Candidates Signals Possible Shift in US Politics
A little noticed special election in Orange County, California gave the Board of Supervisors–the county’s governing body–an Asian-American majority for the first time, foreshadowing a possible political shift in California, the most populous state in the nation. Republican Andrew Do, a Vietnamese American, narrowly defeated Lou Correa, a well known politician with Latino roots. Do […]
Record Number of Americans Call Themselves ‘Liberals’ But Conservatives Still Outnumber Them
They still trail their conservative-minded counterparts but a record number of Americans now consider themselves to be liberals. Conservatives outnumber liberals–38 percent to 24 percent–but, according to Gallup, the 14 percent gap between the two is the smallest it’s been since 1992. The percentage of U.S. adults who consider themselves liberal rose one percentage point […]
Presidential Libraries Pay Tribute to US Leaders
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to have a library open to the public that housed his official papers, personal letters and memorabilia. Until then, presidential papers, if they survived at all, tended to go to the Library of Congress, to a public institution that had some relationship to the president, or to […]
At 18, America’s Youngest Elected Lawmaker Is Ready to Get to Work
Earlier this month, voters in the eastern state of West Virginia elected an 18-year-old college student to the state legislature. Saira Blair was part of the Republican surge that swept the nation during the Nov. 4 elections. The teenager will become the nation’s youngest legislator when she takes the oath of office in January 2015, according to the […]