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While professor and dean emeritus of Lewis & Clark Law School, James Huffman, is entitled to his personal opinions, his guest view in the June 18 edition of the Independent
Two most important points to me, one is that it's a civic event. it used to be the election. when i was a kid, i would go with my mother to the ballot place. it had some real significance. now we're basically voting alone. we're voting when ever we choose and i think that civic part of is critical. lastly it contributes to partisanship. the presumption is that people are going to know how to vote before they even know who the candidates are. they're going to vote straight party tickets. that's certainly true of some people, but i think the presumption that that's true of everybody contributes ...
We're going to see places like west virginia, which is in 2008 moved towards the republicans. then we see these midwestern states moving back towards the republicans as well. that is what we would think -- if that's persistent. maybe this is just a trumpb phenomenon that lasts for one election and it's gone. if it's not a flash in the pan, that may represent a fundamental change in the party coalitions that could have long-lasting effects on our politics. >> michael mcdonald, thank you for the analysis. we appreciate it. is this trend toward no excuse early voting a problem? it presumes that m...
About their past. fourthly, i think now the two most important points to me is it's a civic event. it used to be the election. when i was a kid, i went with my mother to the ballot place. it had some real significance. and now we're basically voting alone. we're voting whenever we choose and i think that civic part of it is critical and lastly, i think it contributes to partisanship. the presumption is that people will know how to vote before they even know who the candidates are. straight party tickets and that's certainly true of some people, but i think the presumption that that's true of e...