Election Day. The Senate. The House of Representatives. The White House. The Electoral College. States. Districts. These are all common words and phrases repeated in the run-up to presidential elections in the United States. What do they mean? Which elected officials represent which districts and states? Who votes for them and how long do they serve? How does the Electoral College work? How can a candidate for president who received the most votes go on to lose the election? The American electoral process can look complex and even convoluted to outsiders. Let’s take a look at the entire electoral process for mid-term and presidential elections in the United States of America. | Read More →

Experiencing a pandemic can be frightening. If you lost your job, you likely have a lot of concerns. You can inform your local elected officials of these concerns so they can write legislation that addresses your issue. This article lists three ways to motivate an elected politician to act. | Read More →

There is a tendency for people to evaluate their political stance based on the linear idea of being either "left wing" or "right wing." This view informs political decision-making, yet it is not an accurate model. People need to rethink politics as a two-dimensional model in order to make informed political choices. | Read More →

As recent news headlines have confirmed, the Trump administration is at war with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Final Arbitration Rule has raised the stakes with Director Cordray's decision to issue the controversial rule sure to provoke a strong reaction from Congress. This 1000w article explains what the Final Arbitration Rule is and what the likelihood is of it seeing the light of day. It then focuses on the beleaguered CFPB itself and its own future prospects. | Read More →

This 771 word blog post/ article explores the promises President Donald Trump made to women during a roundtable meeting at the White House during Women's History Month as he pushes forth with TrumpCare, which is said to strip away much of the funding and many of the rights women have when it comes to health care and their reproductive system. The public response via Twitter is additionally discussed and highlighted. | Read More →

The audience of those once-dominant broadcast networks has fragmented over the decades, so high-cost network ads, which could once define political conversation, receive much less Bang for the Buck than the once did. This fact is part of a broader pattern: money is no longer the "mother's milk" of politics. This article discusses that fact, and discusses how the decline of Big Money makes way for the rise of Big Data. | Read More →