Willie Horton

October 20, 2025 USGOPO 0

Dog-whistle politics. The 1988 Willie Horton Ad is considered to be one of the most explosive political ads in modern times. The ad, created by […]

Superdelegates

October 17, 2025 USGOPO 0

The division within the Democratic Party. Superdelegates are unelected and unpledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.  Generally they are elected officials (congress members, governor, […]

Critical Elections and Realignment

October 14, 2025 USGOPO 0

Political Realignment? A realigning election is rare in American history. Political scientists generally agreed that there have been at least five realigning elections in American […]

Frontloading Primaries

October 2, 2025 USGOPO 0

The race to be the first state. Frontloading is a political phenomenon in American politics. Frontloading involves individual states moving their primary or caucus day […]

Dark Horse Candidate

October 1, 2025 USGOPO 0

More horse-race campaign jargon. “A candidate nominated after multiple ballots at a political party’s nominating convention. During the first few ballots at the 1844 convention a […]