College Town Politics

Charlie Mahtesian and Madi Alexander note that college towns seem to be attracting Democratic voters.

-DD

Summer Reading

Politico offers a summer reading list of novels and readable non-fiction which relate to politics.

-DD

U.S. Political Trends

Zack Stanton interviews Stanley Greenberg, a political analyst employed by the Democrats. In the article the political analyst explains how race and education level have become dividing characteristics among U.S. voters, and what the current President is doing to try to gain support and heal the middle and lower class.

-DD

Remembering Senator Margaret Chase Smith

Lorraine Boissoneault recalls the story of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who stood down calls to faction in the 1950's when party spirit was running unchecked.

-DD

Too Dumb to Fail

Matt K. Lewis wrote his book about the hijacking of the conservative agenda ( Too Dumb to Fail ) at the start of the previous election cycle. I found it provides a possible roadmap for returning conservatism to its roots: however, it had little impact in the 2016 election.

Lewis still maintians a blog.

-DD