Age, ethnicity, the media and independent votes came into play and resulted in Sanders’ Oklahoma win during Super Tuesday.
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What about the women?
The dominoes that continue to fall have thrown our state politics into a frenzy. At the heart of the resignations and announcements, one question is not being asked: “What about the women?” Our state ranks 48th nationally in female representation in our Legislature and is consistently named one of the unhealthiest places in the country […]
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What would J.C. do?
Credit: Brad Gregg It might make sense for Republicans to be pondering a change in light of the party’s unpopularity among African- Americans and Hispanics. In the Nov. 6 election, President Barack Obama won 93 percent of the African-American vote and more than 70 percent of the Hispanic vote. Watts, who is African-American and long […]
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Obeaten
But just for the sake of being a completist, we’ll answer our own question: Obama is so unpopular that while Rick Santorum racked up a solid win in yesterday’s Oklahoma Republican presidential primary, the incumbent on the Democratic side of things actually lost 15 counties to folks who politely could be described as “fringe” candidates. […]