Campaigns and Elections

Polling Station Sign

To Win in Midterm Elections, Turnout Is Key To Win in Midterm Elections, Turnout Is Key

Every dime and day spent trying to show Trump voters the error of their ways is a lost opportunity.

Sep 27, 2017 / Steve Phillips

Facebook Russiagate

Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed? Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed?

How Russian trolls tried to organize anti-immigrant rallies, and more.

Sep 27, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

Roy Moore

Roy Moore Could Help the Democrats Actually Win Back the Senate Next Year Roy Moore Could Help the Democrats Actually Win Back the Senate Next Year

Republicans just nominated the one candidate who could lose.

Sep 27, 2017 / John Nichols

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line

How the GOP uses redistricting to maintain power in a purple state.

Sep 27, 2017 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

Black Voters Casting Ballots

Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted

A new report from Working America found that black Ohioans were suffering economically during the 2016 presidential election—but did not think a Democratic president would make a d...

Sep 26, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Trump in Alabama

Why Donald Trump Attacked the NFL Players Who Take a Knee Why Donald Trump Attacked the NFL Players Who Take a Knee

He’s stoking racial divisions in order to maintain a grip on a Senate seat that Democrats are surprisingly competitive for.

Sep 25, 2017 / John Nichols

Clinton in Barnes & Noble

We Need to Reckon With the Story ‘What Happened’ Tells We Need to Reckon With the Story ‘What Happened’ Tells

Hillary Clinton has a unique perspective on a world-historical event. Why shouldn’t she write a book about it?

Sep 21, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Debating ‘What Happened’

Debating ‘What Happened’ Debating ‘What Happened’

Our 2016 election correspondents take on Hillary Clinton’s controversial new memoir.

Sep 18, 2017 / Joan Walsh and D.D. Guttenplan

Hillary Clinton Book Signing

Hillary Clinton Tries to Explain ‘What Happened’ Hillary Clinton Tries to Explain ‘What Happened’

Her book about the 2016 campaign shows she doesn’t fully understand the problems facing Democrats.

Sep 14, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Raila Odinga Supporters Celebrate

Kenya’s Rescheduled Elections Are a Triumph of Constitutionalism—but How Much Has Really Changed? Kenya’s Rescheduled Elections Are a Triumph of Constitutionalism—but How Much Has Really Changed?

The country is now a tinderbox, in which supporters of the rival factions believe they can lose only if the other side rigs the results.

Sep 12, 2017 / Macharia Gaitho

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