Nearly half of eligible voters did not cast a ballot on November 8, and most of them are people the Democratic Party should be targeting.
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Stalled at the Federal Level, Democracy Advocates Look to the States
Republicans control Washington now, but a string of successful campaign finance ballot initiatives at the state and local level has buoyed the democracy movement.
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California Stays Blue
But how well can the biggest and most Democratic state resist a Trump presidency?
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Trump’s Own Blacks
Ben Carson as Secretary of Education? Farce becomes tragedy.
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Democrats Make Gains in North Carolina Against Backdrop of Voter Suppression
Changing demographics, combined with the three-year effort by state Republicans to suppress minority and youth turnout, led to close races.
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From “Trumpkin” to “Trumpista,” Trump-Inspired Words Proliferate
Whether or not Donald Trump wins this election, his candidacy will have added several new words to the nation’s vocabulary. From Trumpnik to Trumpista, Trumpian and Trumpism, words to describe Trump’s followers, ideology, and movement have popped up in print, on the air, and on the internet. There are trending Twitter hashtags such as #Trumpkin, […]
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On Election Day, a Stark Choice When It Comes to Policy
Policy issues have drawn remarkably little notice in this sensation-driven election, but the two candidates’ platforms are as starkly divergent as they have been in a generation.
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The $50 Million Potential of the ‘First True Silicon Valley Candidate’
How a high-tech darling tried, and failed, to get the Clinton campaign to take sides in an intra-Democratic Party race.
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‘Rigged Election’ Claims Degrade Democracy. But ‘Rigged System’ Charges Enhance It.
Both Democrats and Republicans have charged that our economic system is “rigged” to benefit the wealthy, but only the GOP has advanced the destructive and conspiracist claim that the election itself is “rigged.”
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Holding Fast to Dreams: Undocumented Youth Want True Immigration Reform
Dreamers want advancement beyond DACA and DAPA.
