by Mike Purdy | Dec 12, 2019 | Campaigns, Elections, Events, Impeachments, Resources
Lecture on 2020 Presidential Campaign: On October 24, 2019, along with my good friend, political scientist and professor Dr. Michael Artime, we presented the inaugural lecture of our new series “2020: Battle for the Soul of America” about the upcoming...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 3, 2019 | Andrew Johnson, Resources
Guest Blog Post: I’m pleased to publish this guest blog post written by Kendra Hinkle. Kendra is a Museum Specialist and Cultural Resource Manager at the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee where she has been employed for 23 years. She is a...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 8, 2019 | Resources, Uncategorized
“History is drama. History is human interactions. And I think we as a society and as a country are poorer if we do not know it, and if we don’t in fact learn from it.” This is part of what I said in my interview by The Clio Foundation. I was...
by Mike Purdy | Apr 17, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Harry Truman, Resources
Polling is a regular part of modern presidential campaigns. But just how accurate are they? What have been some of the times when polls have not reflected reality, and why have these errors occurred? What is the methodology that is used in developing a scientific...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 15, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Harry Truman, Presidential History Roundup, Resources, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses Grant, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
In the last week, I was interviewed and quoted in two online articles about presidential history: Campaign Insults: The news service Reuters published an article on February 13, 2016 entitled “Loser! Jerk! Insults Fly on the Republican Campaign Trail” by...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 1, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Resources
Over the last 40 years, the Iowa caucuses have been used as a bell weather of support for candidates vying for their party’s presidential nomination, and a tool for winners to attract financial support to continue to be competitive in other caucuses and...
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