Category Archives: American Politics

Change coming to the FCC

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Fred Stiening

While the Supreme Court has more significant long term effects, the selection of Trump will profoundly change the FCC. The FCC is legally not a direct part of the government – it is an independent “commission” that operates independently, deriving … Continue reading →

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President Trump

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Incredibly hugely fantastic!

Posted in 2016 election, Donald Trump | 67 Comments

And at the wire….

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Fred Stiening

So far, Hillary has a much lower % than Obama in 2012 in every state, but I would not read much into that – yet

Posted in 2016 election | 219 Comments

Alex Jonesathon

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Parrott mentioned this down in the comments, but Alex Jones has started a 52+ hour voting coverage-a-thon, where he will lose his mind on the air http://www.infowars.com/ It probably only is available online. The past few days, he has been … Continue reading →

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The horses are loading into the gate

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Looking at today’s polls, nothing has suddenly changed in the last day. Don’t expect to know the winner Tuesday night, even if Dan Rather and Michael Bloomberg are sure. Hillary is definitely the favorite, but the track is muddy. May … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico and the election

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

JayMar mentioned in an email that the radio stations in Puerto Rico are not interested in the election. There is a reason. People born in Puerto Rico (ignoring military bases) have a peculiar legal status. They are US citizens, but … Continue reading →

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NC Early Voting has ended

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Early voting (not absentee) ended at 1 PM. It is hard to discern what it means other it increased a lot over 2012. Since you could vote at any polling place in the county, you can’t directly infer which sections … Continue reading →

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It’s almost over

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Fred Stiening

So the conclusion 4 days out is – there is no obvious winner on Tuesday. That by itself is pretty profound. With Donald J Trump getting almost no support from his own party and every major media outlet working against … Continue reading →

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Dewey / Truman and poll weighting

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The polling folks are always terrified that they will repeat the mistake of 1948 – when the Chicago Tribune gloriously announced that Dewey had won the election. Then again CBS declared Gore the winner in 2000. The reason for the … Continue reading →

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Now that’s Rich!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The “correct the record” trolls and much of the media have really latched on to the “Wikileaks got the emails from a Russian Hacker”, overlooking the possibility that the source was a person inside the government with access to the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Hillary Clinton | 4 Comments