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Elections

History Repeats Itself: The Gender Voting Gap in America

Natalie MillerOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

A 39 percentage point difference. This was the eye-widening statistic that The New York Times reported in its August 2024 poll, finding that 18 to 29-year-old women preferred President Joe Biden by 28 points, whereas young men of this age supported President Donald Trump by 11 points.

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The Headless Party: Inside the Democrats’ Search for Identity in the Age of Trump

Jolynda WangOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

The Democratic Party finds itself in a leadership vacuum. The 2024 presidential election was a devastating loss that brought Donald Trump back to the White House, Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress, and the Supreme Court solidly conservative.

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Strange-Moore in Strange Times: An Alabama Election Threatens to Tear the GOP Apart

Trent KannegieterOctober 13, 2017

After two rounds of a GOP primary, Roy Moore is likely to become the newest senator for the state of Alabama.

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Change in the Fifth Republic: France’s Tumultuous Election Season

Justin JinMarch 4, 2017March 5, 2017

The US and UK aren’t the only countries to face massive popular upheavals and high-stakes elections.

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Gambia Decided?

Rahul NagvekarDecember 22, 2016

The Gambia has voted to oust its strongman president of 22 years. But will he step down?

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Guatemala: Democracy in Crisis

Helder TosteOctober 21, 2015October 21, 2015

The ousting of a corrupt president amid a presidential election has left the state of Guatemala’s democracy in uncertain times.

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Don’t Count on the Mailman

JP MeredithOctober 22, 2014October 22, 2014

A switch to all-mail voting won’t necessarily be a boon for Colorado Democrats.

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Deep South Blues: A Republican Turn in Arkansas

Olivia PaschalOctober 17, 2014October 21, 2017

Olivia Paschal analyzes the different reasons for Arkansas’s move towards a red state.

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