JFK, Nixon, 1960 Debates
Through a New Lens: The 1960 Debates. The first ever nationally televised presidential debate pitted then-Senator John F. Kennedy against Vice President Richard Nixon in […]
McCutcheon and Capping Donations
Supreme Court Decision. This recent Supreme Court Ruling reversed a federal law that capped how much one individual can contribute, en toto, to federal candidates […]
Citizens United v. F.E.C (2010)
Supreme Court Decision. The Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission decision ruled that Congress’s limitation of electioneering by independent groups in the days near an […]
Superdelegates
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, […]
Congressional Campaign Committees
Members try to get their own elected. Both the Democrats and the Republicans maintain permanent committees in both the House and the Senate that are […]