The 2020 census and congressional apportionment have dominated the headlines in recent months. What could it all mean for the average American voter?
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Extending the provincial vote to expatriates from Newfoundland and Labrador could make make for a more vibrant democracy.
A sociologist spent over a year interviewing black, white and Latino residents of a declining coal town in central Pennsylvania, plumbing the sources of their political disillusionment.
Data show that low turn-out also happens in seats with a high proportion of Indigenous people, and seats with a high proportion of renters.
Encouraging people to vote involves changing the discourse. Guilt trips are ineffective.
Conflict made its way to the Supreme Court this past session with two cases – one about the census, the other about gerrymandering. A court scholar says the two cases are intimately connected.
The political implications of the citizenship question made this case politically volatile and controversial – even for the Supreme Court.
LGBT Americans under 24 are more likely to volunteer, sign petitions and attend rallies and demonstrations.
The more candidates that there are, the likelier it is that voters cannot come to a consensus on the best candidate.
Approval ratings are usually a good way to predict the winner of the next presidential election. But Trump’s numbers fall far outside any historical trends.
A new bill aims to give the District of Columbia representation in Congress.
Charisma may be a necessary trait for getting elected – but it also discourages voters from independent moral deliberation about a potential leader’s qualifications to govern.
The US public is more aware than ever of partisan gerrymandering, and they’re pushing local governments to make reforms.
Chronic underfunding has made elections difficult to run in the UK. Yet the government continues to obsess over voter ID.
How much does your socio-demographic background such as income, type of work and where you were born affect who you vote for? Quite a lot.
Americans’ votes in 2020 will likely be a statement on what they think of Trump – rather than a measured choice between him and the Democratic candidate.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
Senate voting is pretty complicated. Here’s how preferential voting and proportional representation work – and how to make sure your vote is counted on election day.
Explaining the equipment and the process by which hundreds of millions of ballots are collected and counted in India.
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