We have now reached the point at which we can say that more votes have been cast this year than in 2012, according to the Cook Report.Source: More Total Votes Cast in 2016 Than in 2012...
“The point of the Electoral College is simple: to restrict the power of the majority. There’s a tendency to forget that majority rule is only half of a free country — the other half is the protection of the rights of the minority, of the dissenters.Source: “Why We Have an Electoral College”...
The Democratic National Committee lost its latest bid to intimidate Republican candidates, state and local parties, and voters away from lawfully observing election processes at the polls as Democrats do.Source: Democrats Lose Bid to Extend Consent Decree: No Evidence of RNC Violation...
On Election Night 2016, a private chat sprang up on Facebook among several vice presidents and executives of the social network. What role, they asked each other, had their company played in the election’s outcome?Source: Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, behind in the polls, has started claiming that the election will be stolen from him because it is “rigged.Source: Can you rig a U.S. presidential election? Experts say it’s basically impossible....
Cast your vote and join the conversation. Membership is free.Source: Gerrymandering Is Destroying the Political Center...
Google and Facebook have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election’s outcome. Those companies responded by making it clear that they would not tolerate such misinformation by taking pointed aim at fake news sites’ revenue sources.Source: Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites...
The hunt for big dollars began in January 2015 outside Palm Springs, Calif., at a luxury hillside resort with sweeping views of the sprawling desert floor.Source: How the stampede for big money enabled Donald Trump’s rise...
The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that, with a few exceptions, we were all tacitly or explicitly #WithHer, which has led to a certain anguish in the face of Donald Trump’s victory.Source: Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press...
You’ve likely heard tales of people getting in trouble when they take selfies in polling stations, but is it really illegal to take a picture with your ballot? Possibly, depending on where you live.Source: Where You Can and Can't Take Ballot Selfies...
