Blair Bowie

Democracy Advocate, U.S. PIRG

Equally, if not more, disturbing, is that other than the investigation of this handful of groups, the IRS hasn't actually taken the steps needed to ensure that sham non-profits are not abusing the tax code to flood our elections with secret money.

Paul Abrams

Last person on Earth not on Facebook

The right-wing is screaming at Eric Holder to investigate potential civil rights' violations by IRS officials. He should take them up on their entreaties, and raise the ante by investigating all the voter suppression and intimidation during the 2012 election.

Joanne Spataro

Independent Writer and Journalist

Stein made a full recovery, but she was never the same when it came to how she wanted to run her life. She transitioned from trying to make change as a non-partisan educator and physician to a full-fledged advocate. Ten years later, she entered politics with the Green Party.

Ian Reifowitz

Author of 'Obama’s America: A Transformative Vision of Our National Identity'

My hope is that the GOP's leaders read these numbers and adopt both a tone and policy stances that unite rather than divide.

Michael P. McDonald

Associate Professor, George Mason University

Among the most dramatic findings reported in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey is a large decline in turnout rates among young people. Obama's smaller margin of victory in 2012 was thus partially a turnout story.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Author and political analyst

The black vote is and will remain a foundation of the Democratic Party in key states. And the increased number of black voters and their willingness to go to the polls poses a mortal threat to break the GOP's grip in the South. This can only add to the GOP's woes.

Joanne Spataro

Independent Writer and Journalist

There are not many former presidential candidates that you can kick back with and share a bowl of blueberries.

Michael P. McDonald

Associate Professor, George Mason University

The big news from the Current Population Survey will be that African-American turnout exceeded non-Hispanic white turnout. But I contend that really that happened first in 2008. The more important political story may be the dramatic decline in youth turnout, as it poses a challenge to Democrats and an opportunity for Republicans.

Ryan Campbell

Author, 'Chasing Romney'

The DREAM Act may have been controversial before, but it is considered a safe bill on both sides of the aisle now: border security is where the controversy has migrated to after the DREAM Act has been so thoroughly accepted by the American public.

Alex Wirth

Member, Harvard Public Opinion Project

It begs the question: What is causing young people to be more pessimistic about the power of their vote? And not only that, but why are the politically engaged even more pessimistic?

Ryan Campbell

Author, 'Chasing Romney'

While 2016 is still a long way off, Republicans know that, if they tank immigration reform yet again, this will be an issue in the next presidential election that will cost them large portions of key demographics.

Bryon Allen

Partner and Chief Methodologist, Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research

The origin of the problem that plagued Republican pollsters in 2012 (and to a lesser extent Democratic pollsters in 2010 and Republicans in 2008) is that we're really good at what has historically been the big question we've been asked to answer: How are people going to vote?

Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster

Writer and Editor

The aftermath of what many consider the worst presidency in our history has damaged the GOP, and party leaders choosing an entire roster of out-of-touch candidates in 2012 shows the damage is ongoing.

Michael P. McDonald

Associate Professor, George Mason University

As Colorado policymakers consider reforms, I urge them to listen to their local election administrators since they know best how to efficiently run elections to serve their voters.

Penda D. Hair

Co-director, Advancement Project; public interest attorney

Protecting our democracy starts with protecting the fundamental right to vote. The U.S. is one of only eleven of the 119 democratic countries in the world that do not explicitly provide the right to vote in their Constitutions.

John Bruhns

Veteran and writer

The president strikes me as a man of good character. He is a family man and an admirable, inspirational person. However, it has become increasingly difficult to decipher where the president stands politically.