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DO POLITICAL PROTESTS MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT

A recent report from Harvard Kennedy School, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and Stockholm University offers a study of the effects of protest rallies on voter turnout and public policy, and in particular the Tea Party movement which they define as … Continue reading

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Tax Code Distorts Democracy

(Commentary—written by QCTPP member Christopher Sanborn and published recently as a letter-to-the-editor in the Villager Newspapers) A great weight is put on the American Citizen when he or she goes to the voting booth. Citizens must decide which sides of … Continue reading

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