Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents) Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents)
Be very, very careful about the proliferating arguments that demographics show that Republicans are on their way out for good.
Feb 4, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It
Right-wing machinations around voting haven’t stopped just because the election’s over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.
Feb 4, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock
What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement? What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?
Voter suppression efforts in Virginia and Florida have galvinated activists to fight harder to protect--and expand--the vote in 2016.
Feb 1, 2013 / Brentin Mock
The Election Reform Moment? The Election Reform Moment?
The good news is that things have gotten so bad, almost everyone agrees we need to make big changes.
Jan 30, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong
Massachusetts Governor Patrick skips over Barney Frank and picks a personal “ally” to join two other appointed-rather-than-elected senators.
Jan 30, 2013 / John Nichols
Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting
If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for not...
Jan 30, 2013 / Brentin Mock
Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect
The Republican National Committee votes to retain its chairman, whose plan to renew the party is… cheating.
Jan 28, 2013 / John Nichols
Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College
Name and shame those who would rig elections, embrace the popular vote, challenge gerrymandering.
Jan 25, 2013 / John Nichols
Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College
Name and shame those who would rig elections, embrace the popular vote, challenge gerrymandering.
Jan 25, 2013 / John Nichols
Election Reform Should Be a Top Priority for the New Congress Election Reform Should Be a Top Priority for the New Congress
Democrats and Obama are serious about fixing the broken US election system. Will the GOP join them?
Jan 23, 2013 / Ari Berman