Area or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you when. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democracy. This is the one that can be easily he remedied. And have it enormous impact. Suddenly, everyones vote would count the same. Truly one person one vote area voters all over the country not just in florida, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania would determine the outcome of the election. Americans are very close right now to changing the system. To having a popular vote for president. How would such a syst
Speaking. Thats donald trump area or it was donald trump before he changed his mind a few times. He also said this i would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know you get 100 million votes and someone else gets 90 million and you when. I quote him not for irony but because he is right and his affinity for the popular vote may reflect his instinct that a president who was elected without winning a majority is perhaps not so legitimate. Think of all the factors that have contributed to voter cynicism and alienation. Of all the measures that we could institute to help restore confidence in democracy. This is the one that can be easily he remedied. And have it enormous impact. Suddenly, everyones vote would count the same. Truly one person one vote area voters all over the country not just in florida, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania would determine the outcome of the election. Americans are very close right now to changing the system. To having a popular vote for pre
In every state except iowa, voters in gop contest have been more conservative than they were in 2008. In every state, voters in democratic contests, have been more liberal. 2008, according to an abc analyst, liberals were 39 of voters there. In every state except vermont and New Hampshire, a majority or plurality of voters in democratic contests have said to the next president should continue obamas policy. In vermont and New Hampshire, more voters wanted the next president to be more liberal in his policy. In all of these contest, a significant chunk of voters to be morepresident liberal. In every poll, the economy has been the top issue. In vermont, not surprisingly, the economy tied with income inequality. Health care has been tied for second place in most states. Terrorism ranked behind each of these issues for democrats everywhere. ,n 13 democratic contests voters said the Economic System favors the rich. In new york and a few other states, voters have been asked about wall street
Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the presenceon on of race in this cycle, coming up. 10 45, the president speaks to graduates of Howard University at a ceremony in washington, d. C. Booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Here are some programs to watch for. 1 30, booktv is at the 13th annual black writing conference in new york. Discussions onel hip on, gender, as well as panels on diversity and writing programs and black writers in the digital age. At 7 30, a Pulitzer Prize examinesistorian Thomas Jefferson from early influences to political ideology. On sunday night at 9 00, afterwards with peter marks, author of good for the money. He discusses how a former cbo theved the company after 2008 crisis and made the Company Become profitable again. He was the only person who thought this was possible, essentially. The government did not this was going to happen. The company certainly did not think this was going to happen, and the American Peopl
Yes. Jills book tells the story of a woman who would not be put down. The book paints a vivid pore train of Belva Lockwood. And should gain from her life the public attention long overdo. Women in the public eye nowadays are courted by various archives seeking to be the repository of their papers. Not so in lockwoods time. Piecing together her work and days required the relentless pursuit of a determined sleuth and thats just what jill became in this process. A most persistent detective. In the introduction to the biography. I noticed that Elizabeth Stanton had compared lockwood to shakespeares portia and she does resemble it in this respect. They were both individuals of impressive intellect, who demonstrated that woman can hold their own as advocates for justice. Like shakespeares portia lockwood used wit and lockwood used no disguise in tackling the prevailing notions that woman and lawyering, no less politics do not mix. Not only did they became the first woman admitted to the bar