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Elections in the United States
Proportional Ranked Choice Voting vs Electoral Elections
Ranked ballots allow a voter to pick their favorite candidates without worrying about inadvertently helping to elect the “greater of two evils”
Protect Our Fragile Democracy
The January 6th Committee is showing us how fragile our democracy is. Our trust in each other and in our institutions is waning
Vital Signs of Democracy
Tragedy results when we don’t measure our democratic health accurately
Poll Finds Many Conservatives With Open Minds
Younger Republicans, and Republican women, are not Trump cultists.
Here's How Biden Gets Re-elected in 2024
The Democratic Party Biden knew when he was elected to the Senate 50 years ago from blue-collar Delaware is not the Democratic Party that elected him in 2020.
True the Vote filed lawsuits that were ridiculed by Republican judges
True the Vote is known for making outsized allegations based on shoddy methodology and withholding evidence to support its claims.
Back to the Future: Why Republicans Hate the 1960s
Steve Hochstadt: Republicans avoid talking about their leadership and power in Washington for the past 30 years, because they are fighting to undo the changes in our political system that came earlier, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Maricopa GOP Calls Out Arizona AG for Stolen Election Lies
A rare example of Republicans calling out their own instead of bending to pro-Trump lies as 2022’s primaries get underway.
The Republican Assault on Voting Rights
The Republican Party remains the greatest threat to America. Now is the time for people of goodwill to act and reverse this disastrous course.
Early Report Card By Joe Biden
He is a man who’s often out of his depth, a man well past his prime, a man who perhaps shouldn’t have run in 2020 and who most certainly shouldn’t run again in 2024, given the demands of the presidency
America's Deplorable Leaders
For our democracy to work, our leaders must uphold the values of truth based on wrong decisions. To know how America beyond ODR vs ODR in 2024? Read this blog here!
The Case for Universal Voting
You make an argument that universal voting would change the way candidates campaign, encouraging more unifying messages and programs.
The Black political class have so little to show for their efforts
The Black political class and the democratic party are once again infantilizing Black voters instead of giving them what they need and want.
Watch Trump Win Midterms for the Democrats
He can't keep his big mouth shut
Prepare to Count Every Vote
To count every vote, Florida may soon use digital images of ballots in recounts — Will all counties make them a public record?
New Book Argues Mandatory Voting Will Fulfill America’s Promise of Democracy
Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne say a healthier political culture and more representative government will result when all eligible citizens vote.
Let’s Celebrate Higher Gas Prices
Johnny Townsend: One of my employers confided his personal worries to me once during his lunch break. “Do you think I can retire on a million dollars?”
Have Mercy
Winslow Myers: Putin sees a democratic Ukraine, or any democratic state bordering Russia, as a threat to his autocratic rule.
Rashida Tlaib: Dems Must Elect Next Generation of Working Class Champions
Julia Connelly: The midterm elections are coming up fast—and this year we can elect the Working Families majority we need.
Have We Started a Cold War and Left Ukraine to Fight It?
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies: Nothing justifies the Russian invasion, but there is a more insidious reality at work beneath the surface of this classic morality play.
US Economy Tells the True American Story
Ramzy Baroud: The real threat are detached politicians who amass wealth, and fight for power and prestige while their people continue to go hungry.
Please Stop Moderate-Splaining!
Johnny Townsend: If we call out the moderate-splaining we can move voters further left, where any hope of creating a society where we all thrive remains.