For Immediate Release August 8, 2023 Columbia, SC—Forget the political pundits. Who do most South Carolinians prefer for President? On August 1, the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and Better Ballot SC launched a rolling, monthly Presidential Primary poll using instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting). Under this growing-in-popularity election system, candidates must win […]
July 31, 2023 Here’s your chance to use ranked choice voting (instant runoff voting) in a Presidential candidates poll. Better Ballot SC and the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce have launched a monthly, unscientific poll for both the Republican and Democratic primary. The poll lets you rank candidates in each party’s primary according to
Tonight Jay Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington, ended his campaign to become the Democratic Presidential nominee. I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Governor Inslee back in June when he was in Columbia. He is an impressive politician with an outstanding record of success as an elected leader. Unfortunately, the Governor
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For Immediate Release: June 11, 2019 Contact: Conan Knoll, (831) 524-6764, conan@emcstrategies.com Scientific opinion poll finds nearly two-thirds of small business owners support legislation requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns, and support raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations Washington, D.C., June 11, 2019—A public opinion poll released today by Businesses for Responsible Tax
The secret waiting list of veterans needing medical care at a Phoenix healthcare facility for vets is a disgrace if not criminal. The list was apparently created to hide the fact that veterans were waiting months to see a doctor for treatments. It is alleged that 40 veterans died due to the delay in medical
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Chalk up one for sanity in the South Carolina General Assembly. Yesterday the Senate voted to put an end to a bill to “nullify” Obamacare in the State. Actually the vote turned on a procedural issue regarding a provision the Senate version had but the original House version didn’t The rules of the Senate notwithstanding,
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The Hill January 30, 2014 Support for ObamaCare remains low, but the public largely favors making changes to the law rather than repealing it, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday. The survey found that 50 percent have a negative view of the Affordable Care Act, against only 34 percent who have a positive
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On the heels of a national survey of the uninsured that has potentially very good news for Obamacare, opponents of the law will hold a rally at the South Carolina Statehouse today. They will call for legislation to nullify the federal law’s implementation in the state to protect South Carolinians from what State Senator Lee
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The word from economic development folks in South Carolina is that three companies are planning to add over 2,000 jobs in the state over the next five years. Benefitfocus is anticipating adding 1,200 new jobs when it expands its Daniel Island facility. Call center Star Tec will add 660 jobs in Horry County. Keer Group
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Recently former South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, told an audience in Franklin, Tennessee, in reference to Obamacare, “Folks, we can’t allow this plague to come onto the American people.” Today the Kaiser Family Foundation released a study detailing exactly what will happen to the American people when the Obamacare
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