Now that Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have officially dropped out of the Presidential race, former Governor Mitt Romney’s path to the nomination is all but certain. (Ron Paul continues his quixotic trek toward the GOP convention, but he is…
Politic Poll Examines Yalies’ Policy Preferences According to a survey conducted in early February, The Politic found that Yale students generally self-identify as liberal and are remarkably supportive of President Barack Obama. As I wrote for The Politic on March…
This year’s GOP primary season is officially wrapping up and Mitt Romney appears to have secured the Republican nomination for President. And what a ride it’s been! The GOP field was as fractured as it’s been in at least a…
The Electoral College is anything but a simple process. Here’s some of the more chaotic possible scenarios for November.
Every down-ballot Democrat has a similar dream scenario for the 2012 elections: the economy miraculously improves, unemployment numbers plummet and the Republicans nominate an über-conservative (read: unelectable) Presidential candidate. Such a scenario could energize the Democratic base, attract independent support…
A Politic poll of Yale undergraduates reveals that students are liberal, supportive of Obama Since reaching the lowest approval rating of his Presidency in late fall — around 40 percent according to most surveys — Barack Obama has rebounded in the…
Joe Sestak, Jr. is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district from 2007 until 2011. A former three star admiral, Sestak is the highest ranking military official ever elected to Congress. Sestak…
