Tag: National/Presidential Elections
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Opinion | Iowa Gives Trump II a Boost
[ad_1] Jan. 15, 2024 11:41 pm ET Donald Trump romped to victory in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, launching the former President on his quest for a third GOP nomination. The vote nonetheless revealed weaknesses that could pose problems in a general election, so Republicans in New Hampshire should think hard if they want…
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Opinion | Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy
[ad_1] The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candidate most disliked by Beijing. How about first celebrating the island nation’s demonstration of a robust Chinese democracy? Taiwanese voters elected Vice President Lai Ching-te with 40% of the vote after a rousing three-way campaign. “In the…
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Opinion | The Voters Finally Get Their Say
[ad_1] Each party seems set to make a big mistake, but a Trump-Biden rematch isn’t yet inevitable. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Christie’s Good Deed for the GOP
[ad_1] Now the race to be the alternative to Trump boils down to Haley and DeSantis. [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Why Taiwan’s Election Matters
[ad_1] Taiwan’s voters head to the polls Saturday in a presidential election that could echo far beyond its shores. The echoes will have more to do with the island’s commitment to its democracy than with the policies of any particular candidate. This is an unusually consequential election because the Taiwan Strait has become one of…
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Opinion | The 2020 Election All Over Again
[ad_1] One tragedy of a 2024 rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is that it would all be about the past—specifically, the last election. Who wants to relive that nightmare? Friday was a good illustration of what Americans can expect for the next 10 months if these two are the presidential nominees, as their…
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Opinion | The Supreme Court to the Ballot Rescue
[ad_1] The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, and just in time too. The political malpractice of using Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to ban opposition candidates is spreading. In Pennsylvania, progressive activist Gene Stilp is…
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Opinion | Maine Casts Its Ballot for Trump
[ad_1] This week’s huge in-kind contribution to Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is from Maine secretary of state Shenna Bellows, who announced Thursday that she will unilaterally delete Mr. Trump’s name from the presidential primary ballot. Maine is now the second state, after Colorado, to declare him a Jan. 6 insurrectionist under Section 3 of the…
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Opinion | Worldwide, 2024 Elections Promise a Whirlwind
[ad_1] Dec. 28, 2023 12:49 pm ET It’s (almost) election year, baby! Every year is important in its way, and most elections matter to someone. Even so, 2024 promises to be unusually electorally exciting due to the sheer amount of voting across the democratic world—and over what issues. What seems likely to be an awful…
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Opinion | Alexei Navalny Lives
[ad_1] Some residual good news for courage in 2023: Alexei Navalny is alive and has been located in a distant prison colony. His team says the leading opponent of Vladimir Putin’s despotism was moved without announcement to a prison called the Polar Wolf in the remote Arctic region of Yamalo-Nenets. This a frozen, isolated area…