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John Tures

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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College.
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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Obstinate Daughters

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By John Tures
| Pagosa Daily Post Verified
As we celebrate 250 years of American Independence, it’s important to understand who we were then, and today. To do that, I had the good fortune to interview Denise Kiernan, a nonfiction author who was featured on NPR’s “Throughline Podcast” about America 250 (through her husband Joseph D’Agnese, a fellow fiction writer and journalist). Her latest book is Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution published by Penguin Random House this year.
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CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - John Tures: Why Hyper-Partisan Voters Deliberately Make Bad Choices

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By John Tures
| LaGrange Daily News Verified
John Tures explains why hyper-partisan voters in races from Texas to Maine knowingly back scandal-plagued candidates, fueled by polarization and negative partisanship. In Texas, Republican voters dumped a respected U.S. Senator from their own party to nominate a scandal-tarred politician once impeached by the GOP-run Texas House of Representatives.
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INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Hyper-Partisan Voters, Making Hyper-Bad Choices

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By John Tures
| Pagosa Daily Post Verified
In Texas, Republican voters dumped a respected U.S. Senator from their own party to nominate a scandal-tarred politician once impeached by the GOP-run Texas House of Representatives. In Maine, Democratic Party voters picked a political outsider with a string of horrible actions, who just added a more serious allegation of a crime this week. In this column, I look at the toxic environment that produces these types of candidates that are actually “attractive” to some voters.
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