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Aug 25, 2016 · Aug. 25, 2016. If Hillary Clinton Wins, Democrats Will Have Posted a Record Presidential Winning Streak. By Ed Kilgore, political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015. For all the talk of...
- Columnist, Intelligencer
Jun 14, 2022 · Millions of Democratic voters can see and feel that American politics has changed in profound ways since at least the 1990s, and they want their leaders to act, and react, accordingly....
Sep 5, 2023 · Summary. The United States feels roiled by polarization, and the philanthropic world is seized with debates about what to do. Some scholars claim that Americans are so polarized they are on the brink of civil war. Other polls suggest that voters agree on plenty of policies and that polarization is an illusion.
Jan 7, 2022 · Outlook. Democracy is on the brink of disaster. For voters, it’s politics as usual. Election results are following familiar patterns, despite Trump’s rise — and Jan. 6. Perspective by Sam...
- Sam Rosenfeld
Nov 11, 2022 · “The American people just proved them wrong.” The 2022 cycle was expected to be a difficult one for Democrats, given that the party controling the White House typically loses substantial ground...
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Georgia has emerged as the center of this battle over American democracy. Joe Biden won the state in November by around 12,000 votes after a record number of people cast their ballots through the mail, and Trump’s efforts to overturn the election by claiming fraud and squeezing local election officials ultimately proved unsuccessful. But Republican...
Many of the measures that ultimately pass will be challenged by voting rights groups in state and federal courts. But those challenges are likely to meet skepticism from a conservative judiciary, molded by Trump, and a US supreme court that appears unwilling to stop lawmakers who make it harder to vote. During the 2020 election, federal appeals cou...
In a true democratic system, one of the strongest checks on the wave of voting restrictions advancing through state legislatures would be voters themselves, who can use the power of the ballot to foment political change. But this year, Republicans will have the power to redraw the blueprints of the electoral system itself in their favor. The US con...
Amid this attack on voting rights, Democrats and voting rights groups see a glimmer of hope in Washington. Earlier this month, Democrats passed a bill that would implement sweeping changes to America’s voting system, requiring states to offer early voting as well as same-day, online and automatic voter registration, among other measures. It would a...
- Sam Levine
Now that Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the White House, advocates of making Washington, D.C., the 51st state believe they are on the brink of a historic opportunity. House...
