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November 8, 2017
The Left Had a Great Election Night. Will Democrats Take Advantage?
Leftist groups showed that they have serious organizational chops—and that they can win.
June 22, 2015
The Obama Gap
Favorable demographics and a charismatic leader aren’t enough to make a majority party. A case study in electoral failure from Florida.
April 6, 2015
Does the Black Church Need to Lead the Ferguson Movement?
April 3, 2015
Ferguson Faces Its Future
Tuesday's election is the first since Michael Brown's death
January 26, 2015
Greece's Anti-Austerity Party Won Big in Sunday's Election. Is the Grexit Next?
January 7, 2015
Polling Is Overrated. To Predict an Election, Choose the Politician Who Gets the Most Laughs.
November 14, 2014
Boris Johnson's Winston Churchill Looks an Awful Lot Like Boris Johnson
October 16, 2014
No, Republicans Aren't Guaranteed to Win the Senate. Here's Why.
October 14, 2014
This Independent Candidate Is Proof of How Far to the Right Republicans Have Swung
October 8, 2014
Report: Every Level of Government Is Suffering From a Serious Woman Problem
August 12, 2014
Clay Aiken Won't Sing for Your Vote
But this American Idol will do just about anything else to win
July 21, 2014
Bridging The Partisan Gap By Befriending The Other Side
What CNN's S.E. Cupp and Van Jones are like in real life
July 16, 2014
The 2014 Midterms Don't Mean Anything
Pundits and pols say the stakes couldn't be higher. Quite the opposite.
July 9, 2014
Jokowi, the "Indonesian Obama," Is in a Presidential Nail-Biter
How did this supposedly transformational candidate let it get so close?
July 3, 2014
Here's How We Can End Gerrymandering Once and for All
June 18, 2014
Don't Look Now, But Afghanistan is Spiraling Towards Crisis Right Along with Iraq
Kabul in crisis amid allegations of election fraud
June 17, 2014
I'm Supposed to Be a Cynical Journalist, and I've Fallen in Love with a Politician
The excruciating pain of watching Matt Miller lose
June 15, 2014
The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker
A journey through the poisonous, racially divided world that produced a Republican star
June 2, 2014
Facebook Could Decide an Election Without Anyone Ever Finding Out
The scary future of digital gerrymandering—and how to prevent it
May 19, 2014
On the 1992 Campaign Trail with Jerry Brown
March 2, 1992

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