In The News: Department of Political Science
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After Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican primary Tuesday night and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders handily swept the Democratic one, the national gaze turned to Nevada.
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Hillary Clinton’s allies in the black community moved aggressively Wednesday to shore up her support with minority voters following her crushing defeat in New Hampshire, as Sen. Bernie Sanders worked to win over the black and Latino voters who will now be crucial to the outcome of the Democratic nominating contest.
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Donald Trump would have you believe that Mexican immigrants, as a general rule, bring drugs and crime into the United States and are rapists.
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Donald Trump would have you believe that Mexican immigrants, as a general rule, bring drugs and crime into the United States and are rapists.
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As Sen. Ted Cruz celebrated his win over front-runner Donald Trump on Monday in the Iowa caucuses, he'd already scored a quieter victory in Nevada.
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As Sen. Ted Cruz celebrated his win over front-runner Donald Trump on Monday in the Iowa caucuses, he'd already scored a quieter victory in Nevada.
If Iowa alone had the power to choose the Republican Party's presidential nominees, then Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee would have been the last two GOP standard bearers.
Hillary Clinton supporters spooked by her razor-thin victory in Iowa likely woke up Tuesday morning chanting one thing: “firewall.”
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End of the year financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission this week shed some light on where congressional candidates are positioning themselves ahead of the June primary and, looking further, to the general election in November.
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Advocates of gun control raked in $3.6 million over the last two years to place an initiative to tighten background checks for gun purchases and transfers in Nevada on the November ballot and ensure it passes.