Beer Soothes The Upset Soul.

America Is An Outlier In The World Of Democracies When It Comes To The Structure And Conduct Of Elections.

Votes In Federal Elections Are Cast And Counted In A Highly Decentralized And Variable Fashion, With No Uniform Ballots And Few National Standards.

I Will Keep Faith With Death In My Heart... For The Sake Of Goodness, For The Sake Of Love, Let No Man's Heart Be Ruled By Death... The Only Religious Way To Think Of Death Is As Part And Parcel Of Life; To Regard It, With The Understanding And The .emotions, As The Inviolable Condition Of Life.

In Addition To The Decline In Competition, American Politics Today Is Characterized By A Growing Ideological Polarization Between The Two Major Political Parties.

The Increase In Straight-ticket Party Voting In Recent Years Means That Competitive Congressional Races Can Tip One Way Or The Other Depending On The Showing Of The Candidates At The Top Of The Ticket.