It is not just sectarianism that is ailing the body politic | Leaders India’s democracy is not as healthy as this month’s elections make it seem... (2022)
In 1988 The Economist invited the philosopher Karl Popper to write an article on democracy. It appeared in the issue of April 23rd that year and ma... (2021)
the theory that legislatures can override election results. But the framers rejected the idea, and so did the Supreme Court. (2020)
Polling is an imperfect attempt at providing insight and explanation. But the public's desire for insight and explanation about elections never end... (2020)
It was the second time the high court refused a GOP effort to block a three-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Pennsylvania. Justice Am... (2020)
Democrats are tapping into the most popular game of the moment to reach young voters. ... potential of Twitch streams as a voter outreach tool. ... (2020)
We looked at how 16 battleground states have voted in the last five presidential elections to see how they might go in 2020 From one presidentia... (2020)
Why free markets need free politics D Democracy is in trouble. Recent survey data paints a sobering picture: Fifty-five percent of Americans say... (2020)
Abolishing the Electoral College and creating a national popular vote are far-fetched ideas for now. But there’s a more targeted way to reform Amer... (2019)
More than 900 million people — over 10 percent of the world’s population — could head to the polls over several weeks. The government is committed ... (2019)
The system will be fully open source and designed with newly developed secure hardware to make the system not only impervious to certain kinds of h... (2019)
Court rulings and recount deadlines are destined for a collision Thursday as attorneys for Rick Scott and Bill Nelson spar in federal court and ele... (2018)
A Boston-based start-up promises to let West Virginians vote via app. Critics call it “the Theranos of voting.” (2018)
Step 1: Purchased a used voting machine cheaply on eBay. Step 2: Play off an American public that has already lost most of its trust in elections. (2018)
Democrats and progressives fell behind in the election tech arms race in 2016. A new wave of financiers, party officials, and entrepreneurs want to... (2018)
The midterms are here. Here’s everything you need to know to hit the polls and cast an informed vote this election season. (2018)
Voters will decide on these proposals to amend the Florida Constitution in the Nov. 6 election. (2018)
Editorial Note: 2018 is a big election year, with important local contests and November midterms. This is part two in a three-part series by Dawn S... (2018)
On Nov. 6, Miami-Dade County voters will vote for a new governor, U.S. senate and house seats, and a bunch of amendments and referenda. (2018)
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election will be held on November 6, 2018, alongside a U.S. Senate election, U.S. House elections, and other state a... (2018)
The next governor will be either the Mayor of the Capital City or a Congressman from an iconic Florida beach town (2018)
Voters Not Politicians gathered an astounding 425,000 signatures in Michigan to secure a spot on the November ballot for a proposed constitutional ... (2018)
Many people in Silicon Valley and San Francisco tech circles might not like Anand Giridharadas' vision for actually changing the world. (2018)
Only digital Geneva Conventions can head off cyberanarchy and prevent mass disaster. (2018)
To quote the great political philosopher Cyndi Lauper, “Money changes everything.” And nowhere is that proverb more taken to heart than in a federa... (2018)
vTaiwan is a promising experiment in participatory governance. But politics is blocking it from getting greater traction. (2018)
These experts say they can divine political preferences you can’t express from signals you don’t know you’re producing. (2018)
First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal information network entraps you just like a cult - essay by C Thi Nguyen... (2018)
Redistricting has a huge effect on U.S. politics but is greatly misunderstood. This project uncovers what’s really broken, what's not and whether g... (2018)
The former president could be jailed within days after Supreme Court judges ruled against him. (2018)
Democracy might be mathematically impossible – here’s why. ▀▀▀ Massive thanks to Prof. Eric Maskin for helping with the script. Thanks to Chr... (2024)
LastWeekTonight Published on Apr 3, 2016 Lawmakers have to raise money to keep their jobs, but a surprising amount of their job now consists of r... (2019)
Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald's editor and part of newsroom team that covered the 2000 recount, talks to Kendall Coffey, Ed Pozzuoli, and Mark Seibel ... (2018)
Brazil’s supreme court ruled Wednesday that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to start serving a 12-year prison sentence immediately, ... (2018)
Puerto Rico's current relationship to the United States is as complicated as its past relationship with the United States. Produced by Paul Myers w... (2018)
Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Pandemic or not, the highest court in the land won’t extend Wisconsin’s deadline for m... (2020)
On The Sidelines Of Democracy: In recent midterms, 4 in 10 eligible voters cast ballots. Nonvoters talk of apathy, disgust, barriers and other ... (2018)
The way we draw our political districts has a huge effect on U.S. politics, but the process is also greatly misunderstood. Gerrymandering has b... (2018)
PredictIt is a New Zealand-based prediction market that offers prediction exchanges on political and financial events. PredictIt is owned and opera... (2020)
Right now, our model thinks Joe Biden is likely to beat Donald Trump in the electoral college (2020)
Our online Voter Information tool allows you to read your customized sample ballot, request a mail ballot, check the status of your mail ballot, an... (2018)