State and Local Elections

Trump Supporters California

Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain

A lot of low-income voters believed Trump when he promised to make America great. They’re in for a rude awakening.

Nov 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Trump in Albany

Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It

We have a lot to work out. 

Nov 17, 2016 / Sara Niccoli

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Letters From the December 5-12, 2016, Issue Letters From the December 5-12, 2016, Issue

Radical soul… All hail Gary Younge… Foresight is 20/20… True fraudsters… Trump’s cheerleaders… Cold war, hot mess… And still women rise…

Nov 17, 2016 / Our Readers

Trump Colorado

Door-to-Door Foreboding in Colorado Door-to-Door Foreboding in Colorado

Upper-middle-class women kept telling me they just couldn’t vote for Clinton.

Nov 14, 2016 / Zach Dorfman

Joe Arpaio Protest

Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning Election Night Saw Victories in Local Criminal-Justice Reform—This Should Be the Beginning

Local prosecutor and sheriff races are winnable and build power.

Nov 12, 2016 / Robert J. Smith and Whitney Tymas

Second debate

The Trump Voter You Know The Trump Voter You Know

It will be hard, but we’re going to have to find a way to talk with them.

Nov 11, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami

New York voters waiting

These Election Results Will Define America These Election Results Will Define America

What’s the measure of a mandate? What will happen with the Senate? Will votes call for overturning Citizens United? Will a Somali-American immigrant win while Trump loses?

Nov 8, 2016 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders Yes on 61

Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test Bernie Sanders’s Our Revolution Faces Its First Big Test

The organization has invested heavily in down-ballot races where a few thousand dollars can make a crucial difference.

Nov 7, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman Don’t Tell Trump: Minnesota Is About to Elect a Pioneering Somali-American Muslim Woman

It matters that Ilhan Omar will be elected to the Minnesota state legislature on the same day that Minnesotans reject Donald Trump.

Nov 7, 2016 / John Nichols

How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota

How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota How a Somali-American Muslim Woman Candidate Is Mobilizing Millennial Voters in Minnesota

Omar’s platform focuses on economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.

Nov 3, 2016 / StudentNation / Cirien Saadeh

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