Earlier this year, the outlook for voting rights was downright terrifying. Across the country, Republican legislatures had passed strict voter-ID laws, which reports showed could disenfranchise millions of voters. The political motives were clear: The people most likely to be without ID are poor and of color-groups that tend to vote for Democrats. By the […]
Election 2012
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Can Unions Stop Romney?
Labor may be divided—but it’s a united force in Ohio and other swing states.
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The State of the Swing States
Three days ahead of the election, what does the electoral map look like if you average the averages?
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Will Massachusetts Voters Legalize Assisted Suicide?
This is the ninth in the Prospect’s series on the 174 measures on state ballots this year. Six years ago, Mesfin Nega was attacked outside a nightclub. He suffered a broken neck and a damaged spinal cord that transformed the previously healthy 32-year-old into a quadriplegic. As The Washington Post later reported, Nega had made […]
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In Nevada, Will Demographics Trump Ethics?
Can Democrat Shelley Berkley overcome her scandals to pick up a Senate seat?
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Sandy, Why Are You So Blue?
Liberals who think the hurricane won’t matter because it primarily affected Democratic-leaning states should think again.
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America’s Dumbest Voters
Today’s Ringside Seat: The big question next Tuesday: How dumb will white voters be this time?
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Wisconsin’s Red-State Scare
Amid setbacks for progressives, Tammy Baldwin seeks to prove that the Badger state hasn’t gone Republican.
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Conservatives to Black People: “Remember Abe Lincoln!”
Or something.
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Just When You Started to Relax—More Ohio Voting Problems
Thousands of mail-in ballot applications may have been unfairly rejected.
