What&#39;s the matter with America?
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There is a book out right now called What&#39;s the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank in which the author explores the issue of why it is that so many middle and low-income Americans consistently vote Republican
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Comment is free: Mark Lawson: Our ridiculous vigilance represents a society gone mad, but the disagreement is over why this happened.
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Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and the responses:
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At this point it appears that the US presidential election will remain a neck-and-neck race right down to the wire; however, it is interesting that both President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry share the same fundamental beliefs about America&#39;s role
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&quot;America&#39;s trying to put on a show to demonstrate to the world that we can be fair and just. It&#39;s clear to us just by reading the rules, even before we get into the courtroom, that it&#39;s not fair, it&#39;s not
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TONY EASTLEY: There are a lot of worried Democrats in the United States, concerned not so much about gains that George W Bush may have made but because of what their own candidate has failed to do.
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The most important succession in American public life has been decided. So now we can get back to worrying about the comparatively trivial matter of Bush versus Kerry.
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A quick look at where President Bush stands on key issues:
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Itâs a curious phenomenon. Americans seem to feel more economically insecure even though the economy has become more stable.
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It&#39;s downright strange that the US presidential election campaign - easily the most important in decades â-as come to focus on what happened in a faraway boat during the course of a few minutes more than 30 years ago.
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The question on most peopleâs minds is who will be elected president of the United States. The past few weeks have been hard-core campaigning.
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POLL PURPOSE: AP-Iposos polling in the United States and seven foreign countries sought to gauge President Bush&#39;s popularity, and in the case of the other nations, the popularity of Americans.
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Recent national opinion polls rank health care as one of the key issues this presidential election, but it&#39;s a topic that&#39;s been on the mind of one expert in the field for years.
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide
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The presidential campaign has brought back to the fore the vexing question of how much to tax high-income Americans.
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Our position is: Expansion of government control isn&#39;t the answer to US health-care problems. Soaring health care costs are taking an ever-larger share out of employee paychecks and eating into employer profits.
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One of the problems with the American Presidency is that it tends to eclipse the entire rest of the government in the public eye. People often seem to almost view the Presidency as if it were the government, rather than just one component of many within the government. In particular, the Presidential election is the only one it is possible to get many people to care about. Voter turnout drops precipitously for those elections where the Presidency is not on the ballot; and on those years where it is, the media coverage for the elections of other offices is almost entirely drowned out in the obsessive coverage of the Presidential campaign. But these other elections are no less important, and in many cases are more so. Despite the neglect they receive these elections are just as critical to our democratic process. By ignoring these elections, our nation is closing its eyes to the bulk of that part of government that affects us on a day to day basis. So what I would like to do is open up the floor and ask: What's happening in the local, non-presidential elections in your area this November?What are the important races (Senators, ballot referendums, etc) and what has been happening in them? What is your perspective on these? Let us know. If your familiarity with local politics is less than complete, Project Vote Smart offers a great deal of information on American elections and is a good place to get started.