What Labor Can Learn From the Obama Campaign What Labor Can Learn From the Obama Campaign
It’s time to harness data.
Feb 14, 2013 / Feature / Suresh Naidu and Dorian T. Warren
Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections ‘Fair’ Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections ‘Fair’
Florida blames all its elections problems on its counties, while missing major problems in its elections improvement report.
Feb 6, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch
The Constitutional Roadblock to Efforts to Fix Federal Elections The Constitutional Roadblock to Efforts to Fix Federal Elections
We'd all like to see Congress make voting more free, fair and uniform—but unfortunately federalism gets in the way.
Feb 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
New Scheme to Rig Electoral College: Divide Dem Votes, Winner-Take-All for GOP New Scheme to Rig Electoral College: Divide Dem Votes, Winner-Take-All for GOP
The latest proposal being floated in Pennsylvania for redistributing electoral votes has the same goal as the last plan: allowing a Republican loser to "win" the presidency.
Feb 5, 2013 / John Nichols
Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents) Why a Permanent Democratic Majority Is Not a Demographic Inevitability (Part One: Antecedents)
Be very, very careful about the proliferating arguments that demographics show that Republicans are on their way out for good.
Feb 4, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement? What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?
Voter suppression efforts in Virginia and Florida have galvinated activists to fight harder to protect--and expand--the vote in 2016.
Feb 1, 2013 / Brentin Mock
Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong Appointing Senators, Be They Republicans or Democrats, Is Wrong
Massachusetts Governor Patrick skips over Barney Frank and picks a personal “ally” to join two other appointed-rather-than-elected senators.
Jan 30, 2013 / John Nichols
Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting
If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for not...
Jan 30, 2013 / Brentin Mock
Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect Priebus Is What Happens When a Party Loses Its Self-Respect
The Republican National Committee votes to retain its chairman, whose plan to renew the party is… cheating.
Jan 28, 2013 / John Nichols
Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College Three Strategies to Stop the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College
Name and shame those who would rig elections, embrace the popular vote, challenge gerrymandering.
Jan 25, 2013 / John Nichols