Daily Archives: October 31, 2020

The Electoral College. How exactly does it work?

Analysis, Call to ActionBy Fran Dance October 31, 2020

By Teresa Jenkins, Chair of the Charlotte County Democratic Party When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people called electors. When you cast your vote in the presidential election, you’re not taking part in a nationwide popular vote, but rather helping decide who your state’s Electoral College delegates support.…

Trump may be running the sleaziest presidential campaign ever

OpinionBy Fran Dance October 31, 2020

Opinion by Max Boot Washington Post Columnist on Oct. 24, 2020 I’m old enough to remember when the Republican Party was known as the “party of ideas.” That was in the 1980s. Since then it has become the party of pseudo-scandals. The change occurred, as the Princeton historian Julian Zelizer documents in his book “Burning…