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early and often
July 27, 2023
Trump Backs Early Voting, But Says It’s Still ‘Election Rigging’ He’s urging Republicans to “beat the radical left at their own game” by taking advantage of the (perfectly legal) voting methods he demonized in 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
What to Know for NYC’s 2023 Primary Elections The return of ranked-choice voting, the whole City Council on the ballot, and more.
By Nia Prater
early and often
June 15, 2023
Republicans Are Dead Set Against Early Voting (Unless It Helps Them) There’s no evidence that convenience voting is corrupt. But Trump and DeSantis still attack it while advocating its use by their own voters.
By Ed Kilgore
Can Joe Manchin of All People Trigger a Breakthrough on Voting Rights? The much-maligned Democrat has unveiled a compromise proposal that is getting praise from his party for a change.
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Mar. 25, 2021
Manchin Values Bipartisanship Over Voting Rights The West Virginian doesn’t seem interested in voting rights if it means filibuster reform — unless he’s setting up a test Republicans will fail.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Senate Runoffs Head Toward a Dramatic Finish Amid epic spending and strong early voting, the contests that will determine Senate control remain in a dead heat.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Team Digs In Against Biden: Post-Election Updates Republicans back president’s call election was stolen, as officials refuse to begin transition process for the president-elect.
By Intelligencer Staff
voter turnout
Oct. 30, 2020
Texas Has Already Exceeded Its 2016 Turnout. Here’s What That Means. The county-level early voting data offers Democrats good and bad news — and one key lesson.
By Eric Levitz
vision 2020
Oct. 26, 2020
New Yorkers Brave Depressingly Long Lines on First Weekend of Early Voting The crowds were both a testament to intense voter sentiment and an ever-backward election system.
By Benjamin Hart
vision 2020
Oct. 23, 2020
Is Republican Voter Suppression Starting to Backfire? The same dynamic that led Wisconsin Democrats to turn out massively in the teeth of a pandemic could be fueling the surge in early voting.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 21, 2020
Trump’s Demonization of Mail Voting Could Be His Doom As Democrats dominate early voting, the GOP is increasingly banking on huge in-person Election Day turnout in the middle of a pandemic.
By Eric Levitz
action item
Sept. 30, 2020
Take 30 Seconds to Find Your Early-Voting Polling Site In a number of states, you can already cast your vote.
By Amanda Arnold
Can Bernie Beat the Polls and Win Michigan Again? Clinton led Sanders by similarly large margins in 2016 polls in Michigan, only to lose. But higher turnout could be good news for Biden.
By Ed Kilgore
super tuesday
Mar. 4, 2020
Biden’s Giant Bounce Suddenly Makes It a Two-Candidate Race All the talk of a contested convention is probably moot now.
By Ed Kilgore
Five Things to Watch For on Super Tuesday It’s more complicated than just declaring a winner and some losers.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 26, 2020
Is Your Candidate ‘Nominatable’? We’re at a point in the Democratic presidential contest where voters need to decide who has a realistic path to the nomination.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 11, 2020
Nevada Tries Early Caucusing Essentially using ranked-choice voting, early participants can simulate the two-stage alignments and realignments of regular caucusgoers.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 23, 2019
The Turnout Boom in 2018 Was a Preview for 2020 A Trump-centric election and the expansion of ways to register and vote early should combine to keep turnout as high in 2020 as it was in 2018.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Feb. 21, 2019
The New Democratic Primary Calendar Makes Voters of Color Even More Important A changing calendar for 2020 means that soon after Iowa and New Hampshire very diverse states will dominate the calendar, and the contest.
By Ed Kilgore
mitch mcconnell
Jan. 17, 2019
In New Op-ed, McConnell Attacks Campaign Finance Reform and Voting Rights McConnell jokes — and lies — his way through a Trump-friendly review of Democratic ethics and voting reforms.
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Jan. 4, 2019
House Democrats Aim to Make Voting Rights a National Priority Their bill isn’t an immediate fix, but treating voting as a national issue rather than a state-level problem could pay dividends down the road.
By Ed Kilgore
Why ‘Election Night’ Is an Outdated and Dangerous Relic of the Past More and more, the traditional media-driven drama of single-day voting and vote counting is out of line with reality. And that’s bad for democracy.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Dec. 5, 2018
The Streak Survives: Gardner Ekes Out 22nd Term As New Hampshire Election Chief Democrat Van Ostern had the incumbent on the ropes over enabling Trump, but fears over rocking the primary calendar boat saved the day.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 5, 2018
What Can We Learn From Early Voting This Year? Turnout Is High. Early voting numbers don’t show who’s going to win nationally. High turnout could point to a Democratic wave, but 2016 suggests caution is in order.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 2, 2018
Storms Could Rain on Election Day Parade In states with lots of early voting, storms might not matter so much politically. But in big parts of the South and Midwest, look out!
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 22, 2018
First Early Voting Numbers Are Big. But It’s Not Clear What They Mean Yet. We could see historic levels of early voting, and of midterm voting — but it’s still not clear which party will benefit.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 15, 2018
The 2018 Midterms Have Already Begun Election Day has already begun in large areas of the nation, and voting by mail could stretch out Election Night as well.
By Ed Kilgore
For Dems, Close Counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, & AZ-08’s Special Election In Arizona’s heavily Republican Eighth District, an upset like Pennsylvania’s is unlikely, but a close race could be a good sign for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
Texas Primary Roundup: Democratic Turnout Shows Progress, But No Revolution Many contests won’t be resolved until a May runoff, but some upsets enlivened 2018’s first statewide election.
By Ed Kilgore
Early Voting Among Texas Democrats Is Off the Charts It’s a sign of superior enthusiasm, not any guarantee of success in November, but it confirms Democrats have a wind at their backs.
By Ed Kilgore
How the Indiana GOP Skewed Early Voting Opportunities to Benefit Themselves Republicans block early voting opportunities in areas favoring Democrats, while expanding them on their own turf.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia’s Extra-Special Election Enters the Final Stretch In a race that’s too close to call, both parties are seeing a potential harbinger for what will happen in the 2018 midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
6 Takeaways From Montana’s Special Election Montana’s special election has many lessons, but it’s unclear if it tells us a lot about the remaining contests of 2017, much less the 2018 midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
2016 election
Nov. 8, 2016
Chance the Rapper Led a Parade to the Polls Somebody, start sketching out the storyboard for Chance the Rapper’s Voting Day Parade immediately.
By Halle Kiefer
Do the Early-Voting Patterns in Florida Mean Clinton Will Win? The record number of early votes cast show a very close race. But high Latino turnout could ultimately be the deciding factor.
By Ed Kilgore
7 Big Questions on the Final Day of This Campaign Clinton is still favored in the polls, Trump has a tough path to victory in the states, but there’s enough uncertainty to keep us awake on November 8.
By Ed Kilgore
Latino Turnout Is Surging in Early Voting Across Battleground States And the spike appears to be fueled by low-propensity voters, whom pollsters weren’t counting on. For Trump, that could mean doom.
By Eric Levitz
Latino Turnout Surges in Early Voting And it could help Hillary Clinton outperform her polling in a few key swing states.
By Eric Levitz
Black Turnout Is Down in Early Voting. Does That Mean the Trumpocalypse Is Nigh? Democrats’ nightmare looks like this: Upscale Republicans come home for Trump, while black voters just stay home. The latter may be happening.
By Eric Levitz
Clinton Getting Early Votes From Shy Voters — That’s Good News for Her Her campaign is targeting people who might otherwise not vote at all, which makes them valuable indeed.
By Ed Kilgore
What the Early-Voting Numbers Are Telling Us Democrats are doing well in early voting in Florida, Nevada, and North Carolina, and not so well in Iowa and Ohio — but there’s plenty of time left.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Take Early Lead in Early Voting Compared to 2012, Democrats seem to be improving their performance in early votes cast by mail or in person.
By Ed Kilgore
The Battle to Turn Out Early Voters Has Begun. One Candidate Has a Plan. In the chess game of voter targeting and mobilization, Clinton has strategic flexibility, but will Trump will benefit from state GOP efforts?
By Ed Kilgore
Thanks to Early Voting, Election Day Essentially Begins This Friday Roughly a third of votes will likely be cast before November 8, and that percentage is even higher in some battleground states.
By Ed Kilgore
Early Voting Limits Time for Trump Comeback The Clinton campaign has a sophisticated approach to “banking” early votes. The Trump campaign seems to just be winging it.
By Ed Kilgore
Early Voting Under Way in Post-N.H. States Early voting is already under way in some of the upcoming primary states, so organization is at a premium.
By Ed Kilgore
early voting
Nov. 4, 2012
By Andre Tartar
early and often
Oct. 15, 2012
By Dan Amira
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