Danielle Kurtzleben

Danielle Kurtzleben appears in the following:

Almost 1 in 5 Congress Members Are Women. Here's How Other Jobs Compare

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Women are finally at the top of a major-party presidential ticket, but they're still far underrepresented among lawmakers.

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The Flame Starts To Fade For Some Bernie Sanders Supporters

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Both on Capitol Hill and with Twitter's #GirlIGuessImWithHer, some Sanders supporters are starting to come to terms with their candidate's loss.

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California's Geographic Sanders-Clinton Divide Suggests Ethnic, Rural-Urban Split

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Sanders tended to win in the northern part of the state, which also tends to be more white and more rural. Clinton's victories were more in cities and minority-heavy areas.

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Judge On Trump's Case Is Part Of A Growing Wave Of Judicial Diversity

Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Recent presidents, and Obama in particular, have increasingly appointed federal judges who are not white men.

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How Donald Trump Could Benefit In November From A Bad Economy

Monday, June 06, 2016

Economic studies suggest that when people feel economic pain, they punish the sitting president's party.

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How Might Trump Or Clinton Pick A Running Mate? Here's What The Data Say

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

There's little evidence that vice presidential picks help candidates at the top of the ticket win a state. What nominees try to aim for often is balance.

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The Trump-Clinton Gender Gap Could Be The Largest In More Than 60 Years

Thursday, May 26, 2016

If recent skirmishes between the two candidates are any signal, gender will factor heavily into their attacks — and that could potentially widen the gap even more.

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General Election Polls Show Tightening Race Between Trump, Clinton

Monday, May 23, 2016

Polling shows a tightening race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in head-to-head matchups. Bernie Sanders shows more strength against Trump in such polls, but there are important caveats.

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Why You Should Take A Deep Breath Before Reading The Latest Trump-Clinton Polls

Monday, May 23, 2016

It's hyperventilate-over-polls season. Here's some perspective to calm you down.

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CHARTS: Sanders Has Spent The Most On Ads, But Trump Has Spent Best

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Sanders has outspent the other candidates on TV ads. But Trump has spent best, in the sense that he has barely had to spend to win voters over.

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The GOP Establishment Really, Really Would Have Preferred Ryan Over Trump

Friday, May 13, 2016

We used one major GOP pollster's criteria for who the best general-election candidate would be. Donald Trump is not it.

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Study: Sanders' Proposals Would Add $18 Trillion To Debt Over 10 Years

Monday, May 09, 2016

His single-payer health care plan would cost an estimated $32 trillion, according to the Tax Policy Center. And it's not balanced out enough by tax increases.

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Donald Trump's Messy Ideas For Handling The National Debt, Explained

Monday, May 09, 2016

Does Donald Trump want investors to accept a haircut? Or does he just want trillions more dollars printed? The Donald's messy economic plans show an unsettled candidate.

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Donald Trump Celebrates Cinco De Mayo With A Trump Taco Bowl

Thursday, May 05, 2016

The apparent Republican presidential nominee declared, "I love Hispanics!" But polls show Hispanics don't love him.

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In November, People Could Be Voting Against — Not For — Trump And Clinton

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

The general election may be decided not by which candidate is more popular but by which one is less unpopular.

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Bernie Sanders Says He's Staying In And It's 'Good For The Democratic Party'

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

The Vermont senator tells NPR he will stay in until June, despite the likelihood of Hillary Clinton being the Democratic nominee.

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30 Issues | Paid Family Leave Around the World

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

America is the only industrialized country that doesn't guarantee paid maternity leave. Sweden on the other hand? You'd get 16 months paid time off.

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Democrats' Brand Is Bad, But Republicans' Is Way Worse

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

The unfavorable numbers for Democrats look pretty bad lately. Their one silver lining: The GOP's look even worse.

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Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal?

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

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Boehner Says He's Never 'Worked With A More Miserable Son Of A Bitch' Than Cruz

Thursday, April 28, 2016

John Boehner went with radical honesty at a recent college event, also calling presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh."

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