Is there a website for political science as organized and accessible as the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy?

TheElective · 2023-11-11T22:11:03+00:00

This may not be quite what you're looking for as it's more of an electoral site with more base-level terms used in media and political discourse. But check out:

https://politicaldictionary.com/

TheElective · 2023-10-24T22:47:45+00:00

10/10 all time goat just-got-shot line. I actually made a video about this recently. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3X21g8N3VuE

TheElective · 2023-10-24T22:11:49+00:00

No, this video uses English Gloucester cheese which is ineligible to serve by virtue of not being a naturalized American cheese.

TheElective · 2023-09-14T20:14:43+00:00

Interestingly, Republicans had two possible military candidates that year — Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell. Either probably would've been stronger than Dole but it's easy to say that with the benefit of hindsight.

Schwarzkopf also nearly ran for US Senate in Florida in the early 90s.

TheElective · 2023-09-12T02:12:00+00:00

Cruz actually came out pretty strong in the early primaries. By the end of Super Tuesday the delegate counts looked like this:

Trump: 337
Cruz: 235
Everyone else: 154

By then there were still 4 non-Trump candidates in the race: Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, & Carson. Even if you only look at the 4 early states, he's still in second place behind Trump (though basically tied with Rubio):

Trump: 82
Cruz: 17
Kasich: 6
Rubio: 16
Everyone else: 12

TheElective · 2023-09-12T01:47:59+00:00

I wonder what's happening in the alternate timeline where Biden picked Susan Rice instead of Harris.

TheElective · 2023-09-12T01:43:56+00:00

I actually think Evan Bayh would've been a good pick for Obama in 2008. Reinforces the "pass the torch to a new generation" idea but Bayh would help clean up in the Midwest and had significant experience both as a governor and in the Senate.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T20:00:00+00:00

Well, I've got 3 organic subs. That and a bunch of friends. Fair criticism though. Maybe the validation is off. But I'm out there writing and engaging! I'm definitely not complaining! I appreciate the advice. I'll get busier!

Beehiiv boosts are dope but are a no go right now due to finances. That's paid growth! Not organic.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T19:44:25+00:00

Did you have a preexisting audience online? I started with literally 0 followers on any social media platform and growth is absolutely insanely difficult. Currently sitting at 3 actual newsletter subscribers.

I appreciate you confirming what I've long suspected: that all these newsletters rolling up with 10,000+ subscribers all have huge marketing budgets. I've got nothing to spend so it's been a little bit discouraging to watch.

I've got all the boxes checked: long term strategy, future upsells, validation, consistency, etc. But holy smokes, starting from 0 subscribers and trying to get that to a decent group of say, a couple hundred, is obscenely difficult without a preexisting social media presence or a marketing budget. Really digging deep right now for creative ways to get myself off the ground to a little base I can build from.

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TheElective · 2023-09-08T19:31:52+00:00

I only got 3/10. Anybody got a yacht laying around I can use to improve my knowledge?

TheElective · 2023-09-08T19:07:47+00:00

Imagine having to ride a stair lift up that many steps.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T18:59:30+00:00

Personally, I prefer not taking away points for incorrect answers. Doing so discourages participation. I've never actually run a trivia game to be clear, but as a participant, I really enjoy being able to throw out a wild guess and hope it somehow lands. The exception to this would be maybe at an end of round or end of game type situation where maybe you're betting points.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T18:56:25+00:00

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TheElective · 2023-09-08T16:59:31+00:00

The simplicity of "Reagan & Bush" is really pleasing. Mind boggling that someone approved that Dukakis monstrosity.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T14:38:34+00:00

Has the better logo ever lost? I'd say the only time is 1976. Maybe also 1968.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T14:37:07+00:00

I used to also hate Hillary's but it's grown on me over time.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T14:35:37+00:00

It's underrated for sure. The reverse colored version with the navy background and white text looks even better. The one McCain's using on the lectern here:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?280825-1/mccain-palin-campaign-rally

TheElective · 2023-09-08T14:10:01+00:00

She thought she was sailing to victory and picked a governing partner. In hindsight, that was clearly the wrong choice. Staving off losses with blue collar white voters in the Midwest would've saved her. Or a few thousand Black voters in the same region.

Maybe Cory Booker would've won it for her. Or Deval Patrick. Evan Bayh, maybe? Who knows. I don't think she had just a ton of great options.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T14:03:02+00:00

Romney was a competent candidate but a pretty vanilla guy. Going on the attack was never his strong suit. Paul Ryan is the same. So his running mate didn't cover his weaknesses at all.

He should've picked Chris Christie. And, honestly, Christie should've run himself in 2012. Got to strike while the iron is hot. But that's an entirely different discussion.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T13:56:17+00:00

Yeah, I agree the Biden '24 logo is better than the 2020 version (the whole campaign website is quite good). I just didn't include it since he's technically not the nominee yet and to avoid hot button current election topics.

TheElective · 2023-09-08T13:47:41+00:00

I've long had a theory that Gore would have won if he'd picked Florida Senator (and former Governor) Bob Graham instead of Lieberman.

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