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Story of the Week: For The People Act Fails In The Senate

Story of the Week / June 24th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Republicans defeated Democrats' For the People Act in the Senate Wednesday, with all 50 GOP senators voting against it. The bill needed 60 votes to overcome the filibuster used by Republicans, and Democrats would have needed 10 Republicans to overcome that filibuster. The legislation's...

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Media Projections Are Not Official Election Results

Bias / November 10th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Since media outlets first started calling swing states such as Pennsylvania and ultimately, projecting Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential race, there’s been a dramatic shift in the country in the last few days. Celebratory crowds gathered in deep blue major cities, such as San...

Media Bias, Election 2020, Election, 2020 Presidential Election

Trump vs. Biden on Unity and Polarization, Explained in 2 Minutes

News / November 2nd, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Since 2012, more Americans have identified a growing divide between Democrats and Republicans. In a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January, 91 percent of participants said conflicts between the party coalitions are either strong or very strong, and larger numbers within each...

Trump V Biden, Unity, Polarization, Bridging Divides, Culture, Election, Election 2020, Campaign Rhetoric

Trump vs. Biden: Environmental Policy

News / September 29th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

This article is part of our "Trump vs. Biden" Perspectives Blogs series, in which we'll analyze and explain each candidate's positions on major issues leading up to the 2020 presidential election . This blog will examine each candidate's stances on matters pertaining to environmental...

Trump V Biden, Election, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability, Water And Oceans, Pollution, Energy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden

Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?

Bias / November 1st, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide. In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political...

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Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Seat

Story of the Week / December 14th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

In a narrow upset, Democrat Doug Jones won the Alabama Senate seat this week in a special election. Democrats were thrilled with the victory, hoping this is the first of many on the way to flipping the Senate and House in the 2018 Midterms. While Republicans, including President Trump,...

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GA Congressional Election

Story of the Week / April 20th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The fight to " flip the 6th " continued this week, with Democrats hoping to put one of their own in a long help Republican congressional seat in Georgia. Jon Ossoff (D) would have needed to win over 50% of the vote on Tuesday to take the seat, but he narrowly missed it with 48.1%,...

News, Story Of The Week, Georgia, Jon Ossoff, Election

Story of the Week: State of the Election Process

News / March 31st, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Six days ago Gallup published a poll showing two-thirds of Americans feel that the presidential election process is broken. Meanwhile, at a journalism award dinner, President Obama critiqued the media for it’s role in how this year’s election has played out. In light of these stories, it...

News, Election, Election: Presidential

Two Reasons We Have Limited Options for President

Bias / October 6th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

What happens when our political party veers from our beliefs? Unfortunately, the way our political system operates, we’re left with few options, which is a problem for both Democrats and Republicans. Whether you admire John Boehner or are glad he’s gone, t he House Majority leader’s...

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Why do we tolerate inadequate choices?

Bias / September 29th, 2015 / By Beth Ballentine

Why do Americans tolerate limited political choices? America is a vast and varied nation. We’re composed of 320 million people who represent nearly every ethnicity and civilization in the world. With nearly 4 million square miles, the U.S. is an eclectic collection of diverse regions,...

Election, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Bias, Missing Perspectives

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