U.S. Presidency: And So It Begins (Part 1)
By Prof Don DeBats January 28, 2017 An unexpected trail: the election outcome almost no one anticipated, the inauguration of a president almost no one considered […]
Archive Tag: Clinton
The Tussle for Control of the United States Senate
By Prof Don DeBats, Flinders University, American Studies With two days to Election Day, the odds continue to favor Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as the […]
U.S. Election: October's Political Surprises
by Professor Don DeBats, Flinders University Halloween indeed brought surprises, most of them scary, especially for the Clinton camp. With just a week to go Election […]
Presidential Debating: Does it Matter?
Presidential Debating: Does it Matter? by Don DeBats Labor Day has come and gone and with that, the 2016 US election campaign has officially begun — […]
Les Mis: US Election 2016
Les Mis by Prof Don DeBats US Election Day: fewer than 50 days now remain and the US electorate faces, at the top of the […]
Three's a Crowd
by Jesse Barker Gale The 2016 United States presidential election is one for the history books, but probably not for the reason you’re thinking. Donald Trump […]
The Message vs The Messenger
by Professor Don DeBats The good news is that the message and the messenger in the 2016 US presidential election sweepstakes have been separated. Whether this […]
Clinton's Empire State
In reality, the Democratic primary was over several weeks ago when Hillary Clinton clinched strong wins in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri. Tonight’s result […]
The Only Numbers that Matter
A favourite aphorism of politicians seeking to lower the public’s expectations of their performance in the pre-vote polls is that, ‘the only poll that matters is […]