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Matt Corrigan: Jeb Bush is ‘really gonna have to earn it’

Published on June 16, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Melissa Ross

Calling the 2016 battleground in Florida “utterly fascinating,” UNF’s Matt Corrigan says Jeb Bush‘s official entry into the presidential race will put to the test Bush’s gamble that he can “lose the primary to win the general.” “Jeb will talk about his policy differences with the base on immigration and Common Core,” says Corrigan, a political science professor and the widely quoted author of Conservative Hurricane: How Jeb Bush Remade Florida. “The question, though, is there space in the Republican primary process…

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Major survey finds record low confidence in government

Published on March 12, 2015 in Top Headlines by Associated Press

Americans’ confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey that has measured attitudes on the subject for 40 years. The 2014 General Social Survey finds only 23 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the Supreme Court, 11 percent in the executive branch and 5 percent in Congress. By contrast, half have a great deal of confidence in the military. The survey is conducted by the independent…

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