Politics Podcast: Good Or Bad Use Of Polling … Extended Cut
19 Aug
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Politics Podcast: Good Or Bad Use Of Polling … Extended Cut

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Politics tamfitronics This is a special end-of-meteorological-summer installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. Galen Druke speaks with pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and David Byler in an episode made entirely of “good or bad use of polling” examples.They consider why GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy polls differently depending on survey methodology, what we can learn from post-debate polling, whether Nikki Haley used polling well in her debate performance and more.You can listen to the episode by clicking the “play” button in the audio player above or by downloading it in iTunesthe ESPN App or your favorite podcast platform. If you are new to podcasts, learn how to listen.The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast is recorded Mondays and Thursdays. Help new listeners discover the show by leaving us a rating and review on iTunes. Have a comment, question...
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A strange disease has taken hold of British politics
19 Aug
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A strange disease has taken hold of British politics

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Politics tamfitronics Oct 3rd 2017By BAGEHOT | MANCHESTERBRITAIN is suffering from a very un-British affliction at the moment: millenarianism. A country that has always prided itself on its support for common sense and gradual change is being hijacked by people who believe that the end is nigh and the kingdom of God is upon us. Reuse this content
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The Crucial Role Trump’s Fake Electors Play in His Campaign
19 Aug
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The Crucial Role Trump’s Fake Electors Play in His Campaign

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Politics tamfitronics The fake electors who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election results still have their hands in American politics.The fake electors have since donated en masse to Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, along with scores of other Republicans, according to campaign finance records obtained by The Guardian. Meshawn Maddock, one of the 16 fake electors criminally charged in Michigan and former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party, has donated more than $1,800 to Trump this campaign cycle. Tyler Bowyer, a charged fake elector in Arizona, has donated $645 to the Republican nominee. A fake elector in Georgia who has not been criminally charged, David Hanna, has given at least $25,000 to Trump this year alone. “It is incredibly rare for politicians to accept campaign contributions from people under indictment,”...
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Ram Mandir in the NYC India Day Parade is a symbol of hate, not heritage
19 Aug
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Ram Mandir in the NYC India Day Parade is a symbol of hate, not heritage

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Politics tamfitronics (RNS) — This year’s India Day Parade in New York City on Sunday (Aug. 18), traditionally a celebration of India’s vibrant democracy and cultural diversity, will be marred with a float of a model Ram Mandir, the controversial temple to Lord Rama in Ayodhya, India. Organizers who included the float insist this is an expression of Hindu heritage in India, but this structure signals a divisive ideology that threatens the very values the parade seeks to celebrate.India’s Ram Mandir stands on the site of the Babri Masjid, a centuries-old mosque that was illegally demolished in 1992 by a mob of Hindu extremists, sparking Hindu-Muslim riots that killed at least 2,000 people, mostly Muslims. This violence was the culmination of a campaign based on the unproven claim that the mosque stood on the birthplace...
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