RPOF: Democrats Playing Politics with Redistricting Process Sunshine State News The Republican Party of Florida says Democrats are playing politics with the state's process to redraw voting districts to accommodate a growing population -- districts that were approved in the House in a party-line vote Friday.
Democrats would gain House seats in Orange Orlando Sentinel By Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE -- The new political maps the Florida Legislature is advancing could deliver a new Democratic tilt to the longtime Republican hub of Metro Orlando. Although Orange County has shifted Democratic by ...
New political maps chalk up Tampa Bay winners, losers Tampabay.com A few stand an even better chance to win, if the maps proposed by Florida lawmakers withstand court scrutiny. "From my perspective I can tell you there are a half-dozen seats in Tampa Bay that I hate because they are going to be harder to win as a ...
Washington and Lee is all about politics with mock convention Roanoke Times By Duncan Adams Since 1948, the student-run Mock Convention at Washington and Lee University has erred but twice when predicting who will be the presidential nominee for the party out of power — whether Democratic or Republican.
Political campaigns deluged with funding; impact unclear Tucson Citizen The nation has stepped fully into the political season and into a new era for financing elections, from the president down to the city council. In the wake of two federal court decisions in recent years, individuals, corporations and unions are now ...
Amy Goodman: Romney's 1 percent nation under God Appeal-Democrat Although Mitt Romney has yet to win a majority in a Republican primary, he won big in Florida. After he and the pro-Romney super PACs flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars' worth of ads in a state where nearly half the homeowners are under ...
M-word? Quick, hide the children! Sun-Sentinel It wasn't until the late 1980s that I actually learned the most profane word in politics. It was during the Florida campaign for US Senate, between Republican Connie Mack and Democrat Buddy MacKay. Mack's TV commercials that fall were very basic.