Voter Turnout

World Serious

Neil McCarthy | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York


Neil McCarthy

My daughter, a freshman in college, called earlier in the semester to report that she had gotten a high mark on an English essay. The professor had ev...

The Win That Should Have Been: Holding the DNC Responsible for Tuesday's Loss

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York


Will Schwartz

What could have swung this mayoral election into a Thompson win?

Bloomberg's No-Shows

Joyce Purnick | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


Joyce Purnick

How could everyone have gotten it so wrong? Mayor Bloomberg was supposed to win re-election big. He was supposed to waltz easily, effortlessly back into City Hall with a big fat mandate.

Deliver the Goods

Mike Lux | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Republicans, conservative Democrats, and corporate lobbyists are all eagerly lining up to spin the losses as evidence that Democrats should go slower. That is the worst possible thing they could do right now.

Mandatory Voting? Automatic Registration? How Un-American!

Mark Green | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Mark Green

If you have an election where the winner gets four percent of the eligible electorate, is that a functioning democracy? I just lost such a runoff contest in New York City.

Voter Turnout For Primary May Have Been Lowest On Record

New York Times | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Though official records are incomplete, it appears that the turnout in Tuesday's Democratic primary was the lowest in modern New York City history. D...

How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics


Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

Identity Crisis: Voter Suppression Legislation Hits Texas

Rachel Farris | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


Rachel Farris

Voter fraud in Texas is not any sort of epidemic. The voter-ID bill is designed to deter thousands of indigent, disabled and elderly voters, who might not have a form of photo identification, from voting.

Small And Apart

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


Yoani Sanchez

Last week we were talking about ants, people and the small traditions that sustain us day to day. Well, a few meters from my house I found this bil...

The Disenfranchisement of My Daughter

Stephen Zunes | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Stephen Zunes

Because of the decisive margin of Obama's victory, little attention has been paid to the widespread voter suppression which took place across the country this election.

Slaying Apathy with Ineptitude

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Craig and Marc Kielburger

It can be argued that through his ineptitude, Bush has shaken the electorate out of their apathetic daze, and in doing so, strengthened democracy in the United States.

Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

We are witnessing a tremendous ideological shift among young voters -- one that could reshape our politics for decades to come.

Supposedly Safe GOP House Seat in CA Too Close To Call

Erik Ose | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

Despite voting with George W. Bush 94.4% of the time, this fall Calvert distributed mailers without a single mention that he belonged to the Republican party, proclaiming himself "An Independent."

Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Brian Normoyle

The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

Voting Day in Philly: Historic and Proud

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 12.06.2008 | Home


SaraKay Smullens

Without exception the people we took to the polls carried the elegance of the history they knew they were making.

Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

2008 Voter Turout The Best In Generations, Perhaps Centuries

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Americans voted in unprecedented numbers in Tuesday's election, topping the record set in the 2004 presidential race by several mil...

Obama: From "Shouldn't" to "Did"

Rupert Russell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Rupert Russell

It is time to throw out the old playbook for one simple reason. It was wrong. Obama wasn't your average Democratic candidate, but then again, America isn't your average country, either.

The United World of Obama: The Future is Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Shirin Sadeghi

Tonight, the American people didn't just unite their states, they united the world: a world that in 7 short years had seen the nadir of hate, had witnessed the horror of inhumanity.

Biggest Voter Turnout In 90 Years, Since Women Won The Right

Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Americans turned out at the polls in record numbers today. According to MSNBC: Americans were voting in numbers unprecedented since women were given...

Voter Turnout: Hours Extended At One NC Polling Place

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Earlier today, voters encountered lines at some Triangle precincts, but the waits abated by the afternoon. Earl...

Obama's Support in Suburban Texas May Help Down-Ballot Dems

Natasha Chen | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home


Natasha Chen

One of the most Republican areas in Texas may have as much as 45 percent support for Barack Obama today. Electing Obama in Williamson County is a big ...

Is The Election About to be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Elsewhere?

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Cynthia Boaz

It would be a travesty if Obama won the national popular vote by a large margin, but lost the Electoral College narrowly because of electronic-voting manipulation in two or three states.

Turnout "Hurricane" In St. Louis, Missouri

USA Today | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


USA Today reports: "It's unbelievable," Robert Ware, a monitor with the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, says about turnout in his area. "...

Virginia Voter Drives All Night To Get To Polls

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


A reader emails: My voting day started three weeks ago when I applied for an absentee ballot. The absentee ballot never came. After several convers...