The 2020 presidential election just got its first notable third-party challenger. Last Tuesday, Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party nine months ago and became an independent, announced he would run for president as a Libertarian. And while we won’t know whether Amash wins his new party’s nomination […] Read more »
Ross Perot brought us the tea party — and President Trump
Populism is the Old Faithful of American politics, erupting at intervals — from President Andrew Jackson railing against the “giant Augean stable” of Washington corruption to William Jennings Bryan’s “cross of gold” speech to Pat Buchanan’s “America First” tagline. What they all had in common was a vision of a […] Read more »
Farewell Ross Perot; Senate races on the fringe of the competitive map; the curious case of Justin Amash
There is a great quote from George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee and South Dakota senator: “You know, sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.” Given how American politics has developed over […] Read more »
How Ross Perot led the way for Donald Trump
Businessman and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot died Tuesday at the age of 89. Perot’s life was more than just being a two-time non-major-party presidential candidate, but his campaigns changed the political landscape during his life and are influential to this day. … Perot showed that a populist businessman outsider […] Read more »
Voters Had Mixed Views of Ross Perot
Former third-party presidential candidate H. Ross Perot died on July 9, 2016. Perot, a prominent business executive, entered politics in February 1992, when he announced his candidacy for the presidency. Shortly after, in March 1992, Gallup first polled on Americans’ views of Perot. At that time, 32% of U.S. registered […] Read more »
What Trump May Be Missing In Those Polls He Calls Fake
As President Trump attends the G-20 summit in Japan this week, a score of Democrats who want his job are debating in Miami — vying for a nomination that looks increasingly worth having. Major polls taken in the late spring showed President Trump trailing his top Democratic challengers both nationwide […] Read more »