February 15, 2017
Republicans Win Presidential Popular Vote Once In 28 Years
Since 1988, when Taylor Dayne sang “Tell It To My Heart,” Republicans won the presidential popular vote just once. It’s twice if you include 1988. That’s over 28 years!
February 15, 2017
Since 1988, when Taylor Dayne sang “Tell It To My Heart,” Republicans won the presidential popular vote just once. It’s twice if you include 1988. That’s over 28 years!
January 25, 2013
Efforts to rig electoral college votes in favor of future GOP presidential candidates shows us why we can never underestimate Republicans.
November 24, 2012
Many Republicans think all that is needed is a re-tuning of their message. They simply need to tweak how they say things and suddenly it will be the nineteen-eighties all over again with Reagan-style electoral landslides. Republicans think there is no problem with conservatism itself, only the way they are delivering their message. — Hello, this is the party of Frank Luntz! Republicans are masters of sloganeering. They come up with simple concepts and phrases that roll off the tongue and appear common sense — that is, until you think about it for more than a moment.
November 21, 2012
Have you noticed when conservatives lose elections, they don’t really like democracy all that much? Many of them don’t even like the country they live in. The people who call themselves the true defenders of freedom and the real Americans resemble neither when they are on the short end of an election result.
November 12, 2012
November 8, 2012
The last time a Republican running for president won the popular vote was eight years ago. In 2004, George W. Bush won the popular vote by a margin of 2.46%. This past Tuesday, President Obama won the popular vote by a very similar margin of 2.5% (with votes still being counted).
August 31, 2012
During Thursday’s Republican National Convention coverage on Current TV, former vice president and former presidential candidate Al Gore said he supports getting rid of the Electoral College in favor of a simple popular vote.