by Mike Purdy | Jan 7, 2018 | Assassinations, Books, Campaigns, Chester Arthur, Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, Presidential Sites, Richard Nixon, Thomas Jefferson
There was definitely not enough time in 2017 to read. So many books, so little time! One of my New Year’s resolutions is to read more books. The following is a list of the books about the presidents that I read in 2017 (the titles below are linked to Amazon or...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 28, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College
The 2016 presidential campaign and election was unlike any in our nation’s history. In so many ways, it broke all the rules and expectations. It was unprecedented. In a lecture on November 14, 2016 at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, Dr....
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...
