Articles written by Jeremy Flint

Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections: The role of the party convention in selecting a presidential candidate: 3 of 9

The main function of the national party convention is, simply, to confirm that particular party's nominee for the presidential race. At that point, barring any unforeseen circumstances (or any nonsense involving superdelegates), "the people" (as a collective entity representing the members of that particular party) usually k...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Will a third-party candidate ever become president in the US?: 7 of 9

Minor party candidates (presidential hopefuls not officially affiliated with the two major parties, the Democrats and Republicans) have always been present in presidential elections, but have only recently had any degree of success or recognition. However, despite being able to raise large sums of money via grassroots campai...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: Remembering the Republican presidential candidates who dropped out: 6 of 6

The political game is a difficult one, and those difficulties were exceptionally present in the campaigns of the various Republican candidates seeking their party's nomination for the executive office in 2008. John McCain, the obvious front runner (obvious mainly because he is essentially the only candidate who is actually s...