Presidents Are Elected Not By Direct Popular

The Writer's Joy Is The Thought That Can Become Emotion, The Emotion That Can Wholly Become A Thought.

While Republican Voters Have Remained Universally Supportive Of Their President, Democrats And Independents Are Returning To A More Naturally Critical Stance.

Some Of Necessities Go Astray, Because For Them There Is No Such Thing As A Right Path.

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

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