by Mike Purdy | Nov 27, 2016 | Books, John Quincy Adams, Post Presidencies
I wrote the Foreword to a newly published biography of our 6th president, John Quincy Adams. The book explores his life 250 years after his birth and how he changed the course of history. “The Story of John Quincy Adams” by Edward Cody Huddleston, was...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 6, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections
On November 2, 2016, an op-ed article I wrote was published online at TheHill.com. The topic they assigned to me (with less less than a day to prepare!) was “Are Negative Campaign Ads Helpful to Voters?” The 2016 presidential campaign has been the most...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 1, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College
Listen to Dr. Michael Artime and me in this 20 minute podcast from the University of Puget Sound, the first in a series of podcasts entitled “What We Do.” In this October 24, 2016 podcast we discuss the following: What factors have contributed to making...
by Mike Purdy | Oct 30, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College, George Washington
The presidential campaign of 2016 is certainly a world apart from the nation’s first presidential election that propelled the very popular George Washington into the presidency. First Presidential Election: In the first presidential election, there was only...
by Mike Purdy | Oct 9, 2016 | Abraham Lincoln, Assassinations, Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College, Franklin Roosevelt, Inaugurations, Theodore Roosevelt, Vice-Presidents, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Since George Washington was elected our nation’s first president in 1789, there have been a total of 57 presidential elections. While there has never been a presidential candidate that has been replaced after their nomination, there has been one...
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