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...candidate??s personal religious beliefs should not matter for the presidency. It is this same logic that other candidates with secular, individualist attitudes use to defend abortion, yet when it comes to Mike Huckabee’s candidacy, students seem to find relevance in every detail of his theological predisposition. In other words, what does evolution have to do with being a competent public official and head of state? This is especially true since he has no objection to evolution being taught in schools. It is thus disingenuous to oppose Huckabee on the grounds of his Evangelical Christian...
...Alaska Klub has also endorsed a candidate. The group bases its endorsements on a candidate??s willingness to participate in the Polar Bear Plunge, an annual swim in the Charles River after the first snow or frost, said co-president Robert J. Gage...
...dark-horse” candidates are not wasted, thereby potentially increasing voter turnout » Voters are not pressured to vote for mainstream or consensus candidates for fear of wasting their votes (spoiler effect) » The winning candidate always emerges with a majority, thereby increasing the candidate??s legitimacy » Only one election is needed, because runoffs can be simulated instantly
...tickets on their ballot, out of 6 eligible tickets. » The winning candidate (Petersen-Sundquist) had just 37% (1,314/3,519) of first-place votes, but achieved 54% (1710/3139) of the final redistributed votes under the instant-runoff system » 3 voters ranked “no candidate?? as their first choice and a real candidate as their second choice. » Petersen-Sundquist’s campaign Facebook group achieved 513 Harvard undergraduate members, the most out of any ticket. » 35 student groups officially endorsed a president/vice-president ticket. » 89% of ballots were ultimately influential...
...staffer’s role is more than just scheduling a candidate??s time and managing a staff...