Campaigns and Elections

Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage Katrina vanden Heuvel on ‘The Colbert Report’: We Need a Party of Political Courage

Watch Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel on The Colbert Report, refudiating the hype surrounding the GOP's midterm sweep.

Nov 3, 2010 / The Colbert Report

Payback at the Polls

Payback at the Polls Payback at the Polls

Barack Obama deserved the rebuke he received at the polls for a failed economic policy that consisted of throwing trillions at Wall Street but getting nothing in return.

Nov 3, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now! Election Roundtable: Breaking Down the Results on Democracy Now!

Did the Tea Party set the agenda for last night's elections? Is the Blue Dog coalition done for? Nation contributors Richard Kim, John Nichols and Laura Flanders explain.

Nov 3, 2010 / Democracy Now!

Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points

Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points Youth Vote Against Republican Tsunami by 19 Points

National exit polls of more than 17,000 voters show a remarkable trend: adults age 18–29 voted against the Republican Tsunami by sixteen points (56–40). Younger adult...

Nov 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Billy Wimsatt

Barbara Boxer Got More Votes than Ten Tea Party Senate Candidates Combined Barbara Boxer Got More Votes than Ten Tea Party Senate Candidates Combined

Tea Party candidates made big news, but they ran in small states.

Nov 3, 2010 / Jon Wiener

Lessons of the Blue Dog Blowout

Lessons of the Blue Dog Blowout Lessons of the Blue Dog Blowout

Why was the conservative Blue Dog Caucus sliced in half yesterday?

Nov 3, 2010 / Ari Melber

Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch Election Night Primer: The Numbers to Watch

Will the GOP get to 218 in the House? To 50 in the Senate? Where does Joe Biden fit in? What about governorships? Legislatures? Redistricting? The fate of the Republic? It's all he...

Nov 2, 2010 / John Nichols

Follow Election Night Live with The Nation! Follow Election Night Live with The Nation!

Results, reactions, and analysis from Nation editors live throughout the night.

Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010 Katrina vanden Heuvel on Election Insurrection in Midterms 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel of journalists, writers and political strategists to dissect the Democrat's prospects for this year's midterm elections.

Nov 2, 2010 / Press Room

Tempest in a Tea Party?

Tempest in a Tea Party? Tempest in a Tea Party?

Many progressives are going hysterical about a Tea Party takeover. People, get a grip! Here are four dynamics, including TINOs (Tea in Name Only), to watch behind the fright factor...

Nov 2, 2010 / Richard Kim

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