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- Majority of Americans think at least one of last two elections was illegitimate https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/3/7/22317863/scott-rasmussen-election-reform-hr1-bipartisan-support-vote-by-mail-voter-id-ballots 3 comments
- Cost of the last American election https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/cost-of-election 4 comments dataisbeautiful
- Many said they'd move to Canada after the last U.S. election. These Americans did. Now what? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/americans-canada-us-election-1.5777652 85 comments politics
- Klain: Americans should make clear ‘they want this not to be the last election’ https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/klain-americans-should-make-clear-they-want-this-not-to-be-the-last-election-152480325860 43 comments politics
- Far more Americans see ‘very strong’ partisan conflicts now than in the last two presidential election years https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/04/far-more-americans-see-very-strong-partisan-conflicts-now-than-in-the-last-two-presidential-election-years/ 13 comments politics
- The Most Tremendous Re-election Campaign in American History Ever Inside the chaotic, desperate, last-minute Trump 2020 reboot https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-reelection-campaign-2020.html 3 comments indepthstories
- 20.4 percent of young Americans under the age of 30 voted in Tuesday’s midterm elections, compared to 23.5 percent in the last midterm election (2006). That is fucking pathetic. http://www.civicyouth.org/youth-turnout-about-20-comparable-to-recent-midterm-years/ 8 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren: 'I plan to be the last American president to be elected by the Electoral College' https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/3/elizabeth-warren-i-plan-to-be-the-last-american-pr/ 742 comments moderatepolitics
- Elizabeth Warren: 'I plan to be the last American president to be elected by the Electoral College' https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/3/elizabeth-warren-i-plan-to-be-the-last-american-pr/ 1342 comments politics
- Trump’s assault on the election could leave a lasting mark on American democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-democracy/2020/11/24/e78b8194-2e6a-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html 11 comments politics
- The (Pro-Walker) Coalition for American Values doesn't want you to know who's behind it, but its last-minute Wisconsin ad blitz could affect the outcome of Tuesday's election. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/wisconsin-recall-coalition-american-values-scott-walker 3 comments politics
- A new paper from MIT professor Charles Stewart finds that African Americans waited an average of 23 minutes to vote in the last presidential election, Hispanics waited 19 minutes and whites waited just 12 minutes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243630 13 comments politics
- Seven weeks in, more Trump voters start to feel buyer’s remorse | It’s becoming increasingly common to see reports in which Americans are quoted saying, “I voted for Trump last election, but...” https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/seven-weeks-trump-voters-start-feel-buyers-remorse-rcna195620 189 comments politics
- The last American election? 2020 and the rise of the anti-democrats https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/last-american-election-2020-rise-anti-democrats-n1273410 4 comments politics
- Americans think elected officials should be among the last to get the COVID-19 vaccine, a new Insider poll found https://www.businessinsider.com/poll-elected-officials-should-be-among-last-covid-19-vaccine-2020-12 235 comments politics
- What if this is the last election in U.S. history?--- People and entire organizations are working to discourage the American people from voting so the power elite can control the outcome and silence the working stiffs. https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/9/15/21438536/what-if-this-is-the-last-election-in-u-s-history 37 comments politics
- Stephen Colbert Last Night on Americans for Prosperity Sending Absentee Ballot Request Forms to Wisconsin Voters Due Two Days After the Election http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/393972/august-04-2011/wisconsin-s-senator-recall-election 68 comments politics
- "Climate Denial in American Politics" - Important read after the last election - Black Friday Special on Routledge Books https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/28/opinion/climate-denial-american-politics 4 comments climate
- "In his last election, President Obama won 73 percent of the Asian American vote and 71 percent of the Hispanic vote. If the message Republicans send to these groups sounds like 'we don’t want any more of your kind,' the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, will have a hard time losing." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-dig-themselves-into-a-hole-over-immigration/2015/08/31/cbb7eb5e-5014-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html 2454 comments politics
- Showcased on last nights Colbert Report, Americans elect advocates for a new kind of democratic process: using the power of the internet to "directly" nominate a presidential candidate. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/394363/august-10-2011/elliot-ackerman 8 comments politics
- 'We cannot withstand another four years of direct assault’: What would Trump's re-election mean for the climate crisis? How Americans cast their ballots in November will, arguably, have wider and more lasting repercussions on this issue than any other. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/trump-climate-crisis-2020-election-environment-policies-hurricane-wildfire-a9691481.html 5 comments environment
- Most Americans blame GOP for gridlock. But will it matter in 2014? -- The last time the government shut down, Republicans were punished at the polls. Political history doesn’t necessary repeat itself, but the GOP should worry about next year’s elections. http://www.csmonitor.com/usa/dc-decoder/2013/1012/most-americans-blame-gop-for-gridlock.-but-will-it-matter-in-2014 10 comments politics
- The Climate Change Election "The next candidate Americans send to the Oval Office, experts say, may also be the very last who can avert catastrophe from climate change." http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/08/14/the-2016-election-is-critical-for-stopping-climate-change 250 comments politics
- Good News on Guns: The NRA Is a Paper Tiger.Paul Waldman of the American Prospect wrote a series for Think Progress last spring on "the myth of NRA dominance," in which he reported research on the last four federal elections that showed "the NRA has virtually no impact on Congressional elections." http://www.progressive.org/good-news-on-guns-nra-is-a-paper-tiger?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+progressivefeed+%28the+progressive+main+feed%29 4 comments politics
- UnCOUNTED - The New Math of American Elections. You Have To See This Documentary, It Goes Beyond Florida Election Fraud And Suggests Something Very Disturbing - The Last Election Was Rigged As Well. http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/2007/11/uncounted-new-math-of-american.html 29 comments reddit.com
- American Local Government Elections Database: 57,000 elections for mayor, city councilor, county executive, county legislator, sheriff, prosecutor, and school board offices across the last 30+ years. https://osf.io/mv5e6/ 2 comments datasets
- The decline of marriage over the last generation has helped create an emerging voting bloc of unmarried women that is profoundly reshaping the American electorate to the advantage, recent elections suggest, of the Democratic Party. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/03/us/single-women-midterm-elections.html?_r=0 99 comments politics
- Georgia election board sets July 30 online meeting after state attorney general flagged last vote. | Government watchdog American Oversight claims the three Republican board members orchestrated an illegal meeting to advance rules that would dramatically increase the number of partisan poll watchers https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/07/27/georgia-election-board-sets-july-30-online-meeting-after-state-attorney-general-flagged-last-vote/ 8 comments law
- Every day for a week and a half I’ve been checking the mail and still it hasn’t arrived. My gift, I mean. I was one of the 50 percent of American voters who chose Barack Obama in last week’s presidential election. So surely there’s a gift awaiting me. So say Mitt Romney and some other Republicans http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/18/3920354/commentary-still-waiting-for-the.html 29 comments politics
- Sanders and Klobuchar Explain to Trump: 'In America, We Count the Votes to Determine Who Wins' | Their joint statement came after the pair led a Senate report last week summarizing what Americans should expect on Election Day and reinforcing Democrats' call for everyone to vote. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/28/sanders-and-klobuchar-explain-trump-america-we-count-votes-determine-who-wins 4 comments politics
- Millions of Americans voting early in what could be record election turnout | Dear American Friends: Last election only ≈55% citizens entitled to vote took the responsibility. Let's get more people take care about our future! I dare you to vote & to animate two other people to do the same (etc.) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/early-voting-us-election-turnout-record 7 comments politics
- "Eighty-eight percent of Americans who voted in last week’s election support establishing national standards for voting, including the hours polls are open, who is eligible to vote, and the design of ballots, according to a new poll by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation." http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/new-poll-americans-strongly-support-national-standards-voting/ 19 comments politics