Abortion rights were on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections – all broke in favor of abortion-rights advocates.
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What’s it like for an election law scholar to work at a polling place on Election Day? A law school professor sees how election laws work – or keep election workers guessing – at the ground level.
Many of the world’s most powerful and aspiring leaders are aging or elderly men. That’s a big problem.
People’s belief in American democracy is undermined by regular changes to state voting laws.
While the final make-up of the next Congress remains uncertain, the predicted “red wave” of Republican wins has not materialised.
The ‘“red wave” of Republican wins that many predicted has not materialised. Counting continues, but Democrats may hold the Senate while Republicans are favoured for a slim majority in the House.
Some election results will take days or longer to materialize – but on election night, a panel of scholars offer initial takeaways on mail-in voting, how to win an election and voter suppression.
Local election administrators work under increasingly difficult circumstances, with dwindling resources and mounting challenges.
While TV political ads might seem old-fashioned in the age of social media, research shows that this kind of advertising does win votes – and could influence the upcoming midterms.
Some fascists claim that democracy and fascism have the same goal – to give effect to the will of the people. But who the people are is where the ideologies divide.
What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
Thirty-five Senate seats are up for grabs in the midterm elections. What tasks and responsibilities await the winners?
This week’s US midterm elections will likely see big changes to who controls Congress.
Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
Inflation, abortion and state of US democracy rank among the top issues facing voters before the midterm elections, regardless of race, ethnicity or party affiliation.
When registered voters who move get help reregistering to vote in their new locations, they are more likely to cast a ballot at the next election.
As elections approach – and even after they’re done – there’s a lot of confusing, and deliberately misleading, information out there. Learn how to protect yourself.
The rise in contemporary right-wing political extremism – and violence – can be traced back to events in the 1990s.
‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
It’s Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Co-Director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, Arizona State University
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Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
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Professor Emeritus of Communication, American University School of Communication
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Finance, Texas State University
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Gettysburg College
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Assistant Professor of American Politics, Mississippi State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania