Campaigns and Elections

Michigan-Ohio State Fever Michigan-Ohio State Fever

As the two top-ranked college teams clash on Saturday, the world stops, vote-counting is halted in a tight Congressional race and cities brace for violence.

Nov 16, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin

Fixing Elections Fixing Elections

Let's stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.

Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Andrew Gumbel

A New Southern Strategy A New Southern Strategy

The midterm elections proved to Democrats that the South must not be written off. The key to winning rural and working-class voters in Dixie is the same as anywhere else.

Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / Bob Moser

Measuring the Mandate Measuring the Mandate

Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.

Nov 9, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols

The ‘Off-Year Primary’ The ‘Off-Year Primary’

As presidential hopefuls from both parties press their advantage on the platform of the 2006 midterm election, the winners are...

Nov 6, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols

HRC: Can’t Get No Respect HRC: Can’t Get No Respect

If people keep making sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, I may just have to vote for her. That means you, Elizabeth Edwards!

Nov 6, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home

To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.

Nov 3, 2006 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Message of Campaign 2006 The Message of Campaign 2006

As things stand in organized politics today, a purely formal protest against what the GOP has done to America is the most we can hope for.

Nov 2, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.

Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics

Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influe...

Nov 1, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

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