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Sep 14 2022
News
For Helping Voters Who Can’t Read, She’s Been Criminally Charged — Twice. That Hasn’t Stopped Her.
Before 1965, many Southern states forced voters to prove they could read before casting a ballot, a requirement primarily designed to keep Black people from voting. The Voting Rights Act put an end to those polling site exams. But a ProPublica investigation found that the efforts to block people who have difficulty reading from casting a ballot continue, especially in the South. In fact, today
ProPublica
Mar 14 2022
News
Fox News Power Rankings: Washington state Dem on shakier ground as Massachusetts, Florida races gain clarity
As the dust settles from the Texas primary and the nation inches closer to the general election in November, the midterms map is taking shape. In this edition of the Fox News Power Rankings, the Democrats lose "solid" status in Washington's Senate race, while gubernatorial elections in Massachusetts and Florida firm up for the Democrats and Republicans, respectively.
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Fox News (Online News)
Feb 22 2023
Perspectives Blog
AllSides News Briefing: February 22, 2023
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Hello! I’m AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Here’s your AllSides balanced briefing for today.
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AllSides Staff
May 26 2023
Perspectives Blog
Voters want compromise in Congress – so why the brinkmanship over the debt ceiling?
This piece was orginally published on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University.
There’s progress on the debt limit. There’s no progress. Conservatives have revolted. Liberal Democrats are angry. Negotiators actually ate a meal together. That’s a good sign. No it isn
"The Conversation" Contributor
Mar 20 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Republicans Go Back to Their Pre-Reagan Roots
From the CenterFor years, there has been a debate raging in political circles about whether Donald Trump is a symptom or a cause of the Republican Party’s turn toward a conservative brand of working-class populism. It’s beginning to look like the answer may be both – and that Trump-ism is not an aberration for the GOP, but rather an indicator of the party’s long-term trajectory.
Dan Schnur
Nov 08 2022
News
Early glitches with Maricopa County election machines frustrate voters
Voting got off to a glitchy start in Maricopa County on Tuesday morning because of widespread issues with the machines that count voters' ballots.
All of the county's 223 voting locations opened on time, but an hour into the election, voters and poll workers at some sites started reporting issues with tabulators.
Officials confirmed those problems during an impromptu Tuesday
AZ Central
Nov 08 2022
Analysis
The plan to save America by killing the partisan primary
Can much of America’s current political dysfunction be traced back to one feature of our system: the partisan primary? And if so, what should be done about that?
Nevada voters will be tasked with assessing those questions when they go to the polls Tuesday, to vote on “Question 3” — a proposed overhaul of the state’s election system that would effectively kill the partisan primary (the
Vox
Jun 05 2022
News
Is Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers in Trouble in November?
A new Morning Consult poll released today finds that Wisconsin Democratic governor Tony Evers is the only governor up for reelection in 2022 with a negative approval rating:
National Review (News)
Sep 13 2022
News
Tucker Carlson Chyron Says Fetterman 'Walking Vegetable' During Dr. Oz Chat
In an interview on Monday with Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee to Pennsylvania's Senate race, Fox News host Tucker Carlson called John Fetterman "cognitively impaired," saying it was "shocking" for the Democratic candidate to be running for public office.
"I am not mocking a guy for having a stroke, but we are all gonna have to live under him if he makes it to the Senate," Carlson
Newsweek
Nov 25 2022
Analysis
Abortion politics, post-Roe, already loom over 2024
Soha Saghir and her friend Louisa Stoll braved the cold to vote on election night in Pennsylvania, and in a quick interview, made clear why they were there: abortion rights.
Ms. Saghir and Ms. Stoll, both 2021 graduates of Haverford College, are part of the wave of young voters who helped lift Democrats to a stronger-than-expected performance in this month’s midterms. Preliminary exit
Christian Science Monitor