Campaigns and Elections

Obama Campaign Goes Left—on YouTube Obama Campaign Goes Left—on YouTube

While the presidential campaign grinds on, the Obama Campaign has been ramping up appeals to women and progressives through targeted online video.

Apr 2, 2012 / Ari Melber

Romney’s Growing Momentum Romney’s Growing Momentum

The Republican nomination could be settled by the end of April.

Apr 2, 2012 / Ben Adler

Who Played Wisconsin Better: Romney or Santorum? Who Played Wisconsin Better: Romney or Santorum?

GOP tactics in the country's most serious political battleground. 

Apr 2, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5

Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5 Wisconsin’s Recall Elections Are Set for June 5

Volunteers gathered over 900,000 certified signatures on recall petitions—far more than the required 540,000.

Mar 31, 2012 / John Nichols

Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed

Voter ID supporters rely on tricky language. Missouri didn’t fall for it.

Mar 30, 2012 / Brentin Mock

GOP Code Confusion GOP Code Confusion

From Romney to the Chamber of Commerce to the Supreme Court, Republicans are so distracted by their multiple phony attack lines that they’ve begun to confuse themselves. ...

Mar 30, 2012 / Leslie Savan

The Republican War on Voter Registration The Republican War on Voter Registration

New state laws seek to prevent organizations from registering new voters from under-represented groups. 

Mar 29, 2012 / Ben Adler

Republicans Are Causing a Moral Crisis in America Republicans Are Causing a Moral Crisis in America

Republicans are right about the existance of a moral crisis in America, but they're wrong about its origins. 

Mar 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act

In Texas, protectors of voting rights are concerned about the "chill effect" when it comes to voter ID law.

Mar 28, 2012 / Brentin Mock

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Right wing commentators are seizing on irrelevant details of Martin's life to justify his death.

Mar 27, 2012 / Ben Adler

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