What Happened? Super Tuesday represented the first chance for front runners Hillary Clinton to solidify her position ahead of rival Senator Bernie Sanders. Clinton swept the […]
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The Revenge of Retail Politics
Candidates are on their way to spending an astonishing $5 billion on the 2016 Presidential race. A sum larger than the Gross Domestic Products of 40 countries. So far, (according to this excellent NYTimes graphic) the candidates had raised almost $760 million before the first Caucus.
Veepstakes! (Or why Julian Castro won’t be Clinton’s running mate)
“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.”
But the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary will choose only about two percent of the delegates to each national convention.