by Leesa K. Donner | Feb 17, 2021 | Articles, Politics
Americans love their politics. Some openly call themselves news junkies and drink in the daily Swamp soap opera as if it were an elixir straight from heaven. However, one element of the governing sphere has increasingly become unpopular: political parties. The...
by Mark Angelides | Feb 1, 2021 | Columns, Good Reads
The betting markets are going full throttle in trying to predict the outcome of next week’s impeachment trial. While Democrats race to convict former President Trump, the gamblers are putting their money down on the Senate failing to get the required two-thirds (67)...
by Joe Schaeffer | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Politics, Social Issues
We may not know the actual winner of the 2020 presidential election for a while. But one of the biggest losers can be easily identified. Pollsters are taking a reputational beating in the wake of their wildly inaccurate forecasts of a Joe Biden blowout, Democrat...
by Mark Angelides | Nov 3, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Election 2020, Politics, The Left, Trump Administration
The Candidates’ Market Report When this column began in February 2019, President Trump was the two to one favorite to win the presidency, Joe Biden was a nine to one outsider to win the Democrat nomination, and it appeared that Trump’s opponent in the 2020...
by Mark Angelides | Oct 28, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Election 2020, Politics, The Left, Trump Administration
The Candidates’ Market Report Are polling companies trying to hide data on the likely results of the upcoming election? Certainly, the news media have learned a lesson and now provide scaffolding in their reportage, suggesting that Joe Biden’s healthy lead...