Among men, the share citing voters not being ready to elect women to higher office as a major reason is virtually unchanged from four years ago (32% now and 31% in 2014). . Wide gaps between Republican men and women in views of what’s holding women back . ..…

Similar shares of women in both parties believe that showing emotions hurts women seeking higher political office. Six-in-ten Republican women (60%) and Democratic women (62%) hold this view. ..…

Men and in United States generally agree on many of the personal qualities and competencies they see as essential for political and business leaders to have. ..…

Trump has the benefit of Republican Senate majority, just as Obama had the advantage of Democratic-led Senate during his first two years office. ..…

Kyl, once had members of Alliance of Retired Americans arrested for trespassing while trying to deliver letter from retirees to his office.. There is clear contrast between Democratic and Republican approach to the midterm elections.  ..…

Bolton has been snubbed for high office over most of his career. Though previous administrations, both Republican and Democratic, have often also been leery of working through the U.N. and recognizing institutions such as the ICC, none has come close to Trump’s and Bolton’s extreme..…

Despite mass shootings, states return to familiar patterns View Larger Image Tom Sullivan, right, candidate for Colorado State Senate district, talks to LeAnn, center, and Kory Benz outside Colo., on Thursday, Sept 20, 2018. ..…

Before President Obama nominated Garland on March 16, Senate Republican leaders had vowed to not consider anyone Obama chose, saying the confirmation of a new justice should wait until after a new president takes office. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell reaffirmed that position after..…

Washington state is at the center of big debate over alleged discrimination and violations of the separation of the church and state... ..…

Not long after Sims, the Republican-led House voted to pass the bill 132-65.. But at least there's Democrat in Governor's office. ( Thanks to. ..…

That said, it was story that she was even in the race for two reasons Democrats do not bother putting forward any candidates for this seat, and Jordan wanted to be progressive alternative. ..…

Since Barack Obama took office in 2009, higher shares of Democrats than Republicans have expressed trust in government. . ... After Obama took office, Republican trust in government – already quite low – sank further. ..…

Term limits, the latest rage to sweep the halls of elected office, will reach into Harford County Council, too, if Councilman Barry Glassman has his wish.. The District D Republican plans to introduce legislation before County Council January that would limit council members to two..…

Bush plans Monday in Oval Office with three judges who will vouch for Miers abilities. In letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, the former Texas Supreme Court justices - Joe R. ..…

And, perhaps most importantly, 58 percent of those who would like to participate in the Reform Party's nominating process this year felt that a third party candidate should hold or have held elective office in order to compete effectively with the Democratic and Republican nominees in a..…

To be sure, the image changed to attract outside investment--Strom Thurmond was portrayed as a quaint sideshow until he died in office in 2003. Meanwhile, Republican party bosses cultivated the likes of Nikki Haley, a woman of Indian descent, and backed her successful run for governor in..…

More than 350 people gathered in the cold at Wisconsin State Capitol this week to protest proposed change in state mining regulations that environmentalists and Native Americans fear will pollute streams and waters near Lake Superior. ..…

Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users, have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media.. ..…

With all eyes on the showdown between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, Occupy seeks not to field candidates for office, except to implant the issue of home foreclosures into the public discourse... ..…

The county is so liberal, it rarely elects a Republican candidate to county office. ..…

With the exception of regulation of major financial institutions, there is less of appetite for government solutions to the nation's problems including more government control over the economy than there was when Barack Obama first took office.. On the other, many Republicans and..…

Over in Michigan, former Governor Bill Milliken — himself a popular and moderate Republican during his time in office — also laments the direction in which his party has gone. . ..…

In the case of Saudi Arabia, we went in which the government had been responsible for the propagation around the world of textbooks and other materials that called Jews pigs and Christians dogs and were filled with other hateful references. ..…

September 27, 2018 (JUBA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Thursday ordered to release all the prisoners of war, and detainees in line with the revitalized peace agreement In his Republican (...) . . ... Sudan accepts establishment of UN human rights office in Khartoum: expert . ..…

Republican Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is seeking higher office less than two years after being elected into his first public seat. . ..…

Documents show the nonprofit gave a combined $940,000 to four organizations that tried to boot Republican Gov. Scott Walker and several other GOP lawmakers out of office. . America Votes, which aims “to coordinate and promote progressive issues,” raised $11.1 million from July 2011..…