Bob McKnight

Post #44, Bob McKnight's Subscription Commentary Why Wouldn't They Do It? As avid readers of this Commentary know, almost one year ago exactly (January 12, 2018), I wrote about how election slates can be manipulated to help certain candidates. Actually, it is rather easy. Said another way, it is possible for one of two candidates to help their chances significantly by encouraging a "third" candidate to get into the race. Basically it is a mathematical exercise where a thi

Even though the next Presidential Election is a full three years away, people are starting to talk about the re-election of President Trump. After all, he lost the 2016 popular vote in his election by several million votes. His polling is among the lowest ever recorded for the start of a new Administration, and he hovers consistently right around the 35% approval rating. So just pure math says he is a dead duck in 2020, right? As FSU great and ESPN Analyst Lee Corso says,