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Oiii you muppet, ‘ow do I get ‘old of big mo?

December 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

With less than three weeks left until the Iowa caucus on 3 January (and a whopping 46 weeks until the actual election itself in November) the candidates on both sides are desperately jockeying for position. If you can lock up Iowa and New Hampshire, you get the much-vaunted ‘big mo’(mentum), which may sound silly, but [...]

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Tags: Democrats · Iowa · Polling · Republicans

The US election – how does that work again?

November 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments

For those of you in the UK who never knew, and those of you in the USA who forgot.
The election for President is usually between two candidates: one Democrat, and one Republican. Except when it isn’t. But let’s just say it is.
That lucky Democrat and that lucky Republican are officially chosen by representatives of each [...]

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Tags: Democrats · Electoral college · Iowa · Republicans