Seven years ago, Steve Laffey was a Republican mayor in Rhode Island who clashed with party leaders in a losing bid for the U.S. Senate. Now a rancher in Fort Collins, Colorado, Laffey has the political bug again: He’s running...
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Voters fill the booths on Nov. 6, 2012, at the Stockton Community Center in Stockton, Minn.
Minnesota Tops in Voter Turnout (Again) — Obama Carried Top-Five
Minnesota is the nation’s undisputed champion when it comes to voter turnout. About 76 percent of Minnesota residents who were eligible to vote in the 2012 election cast a ballot, leading the nation for the eighth time in the past...
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Women in New York City.
National Obesity Index: 26.2%
One third of the people in West Virginia are fat. It’s the most obese state of all, by the measure of the Gallup organization and Healthways. Coloradans are the least likely in the nation to be obese — theirs is...
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President Barack Obama departs the White House on Feb. 4, 2013 to Minneapolis to tout his gun control proposals.
Obama’s $5,000 Shotgun Real McCoy, Wrong Question in Gun Control Debate?
The release of the White House photo showing President Barack Obama shooting skeet at Camp David comes two days before Obama travels to Minneapolis to promote his agenda for curbing gun violence, following the Dec. 14 shootings of 20...
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A man places a plush doll at a makeshift memorial for Sandy Hook shooting victims on Dec. 19, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Gun Control: Support Modestly Up Since Newtown Shootings
If there’s been a notable shift in Washington’s rhetoric about gun control since Newtown, public opinion has moved only modestly. Following the shooting of 20 children and six educators at a primary school in Connecticut last week, American opinion about...
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A Hispanic delegate holds a sign at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.
Why Romney Lost Hispanic Vote: One Coloradan’s View
Cleaning out our e-mail of 2012 election-related stories that we stashed away for future reference — and, we must confess, usually forgot – we came upon a New York Times piece published March 16 with the headline “G.O.P. Strategy for Hispanic Voters: It’s...
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The hand of President Barack Obama is visible over the podium, and supporters are reflected in the TelePrompTer, as he speaks at a campaign event at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, on Oct. 23, 2012, the day after the last presidential debate against Gov. Mitt Romney.
Obama Campaign Sent $14 Million to State Democratic Parties: Ohio Top
President Barack Obama’s campaign sent more than $14.4 million to state Democratic parties early this month, with most of it going to states crucial to his bid to win re-election Nov. 6. Obama’s campaign directed the biggest chunk of the...
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Delegates cheer during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida, on Aug. 28, 2012.
Republicans: More Now Than 2008 — Gallup’s Portrait of 2012 Electorate
The voting public this year looks pretty much like the voting public of 2008 — except for one significant difference: It’s more Republican. That’s the conclusion of Gallup’s analysis of the daily tracking of public opinion it has run since...
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A series of new polls of competitive states shows the race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney tightening since their debate last week — so much so that they conflict over who’s leading in Virginia. A CBS...
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Ann Romney on "Good Morning America" yesterday.
Ann Romney: On the Air Everywhere
Ann Romney was talking about “dancing horses and dancing stars, but not politics,” the network says, in her co-hosting of ABC News’ “Good Morning America” this week, and she was sharing her recipe for Ann Romney’s Welsh Skillet cakes —...
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