Campaigns and Elections

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

Three Polls and One Book to Remember While Watching Results Three Polls and One Book to Remember While Watching Results

It is not a national referendum. It is not launching a new political era. Voters still want government to be effective. Most voters are not angry about the size of government. They...

Nov 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics Seminars at Sea: Jim Hightower and Chris Hayes on Populism in Politics

The impacts of populism on America's political landscape.

Nov 2, 2010 / The Nation

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

Ballot Box Blues Ballot Box Blues

The most dispiriting election of a lifetime.

Nov 2, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

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