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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for October 2016

Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia ban at least 1 in 5 black citizens from voting
Politics

The criminal justice system will prevent more than 6.1 million people from voting in 2016.

By German Lopez
Culture
Samantha Bee: Republicans aren’t brave for disavowing Trump. They created him.Samantha Bee: Republicans aren’t brave for disavowing Trump. They created him.
Culture

They don’t get credit for standing up to him now, mainly because they’ve stood and watched him do this all year.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Video
Donald Trump’s behavior is textbook emotional abuse, and Hillary Clinton isn’t his only victimDonald Trump’s behavior is textbook emotional abuse, and Hillary Clinton isn’t his only victim
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Video

Examining his behavior at Sunday night’s debate is enough to make it clear as a bell.

By Liz Plank
Politics
The Daily Show dismantles Trump’s nonsense excuse about “locker room talk”The Daily Show dismantles Trump’s nonsense excuse about “locker room talk”
Politics

“If you conduct ‘locker room talk’ everywhere, it’s not the locker room,” Trevor Noah said. “It’s you.”

By German Lopez
Culture
Watch: Samantha Bee takes down Trump with the “vagina monologue” he deservesWatch: Samantha Bee takes down Trump with the “vagina monologue” he deserves
Culture

“In fact, ‘Take a Tic Tac and grab them by the pussy’ is the closest thing to a plan Trump has described this election,” Bee said.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Mark Burnett, the reality TV titan who could hold Donald Trump’s fate in his hands, explained
Culture

The Apprentice creator probably has damning footage of Trump — but he also has no real reason to release it.

By Emily St. James
The sorry state of the Republican Party right now, in one tweet
Politics

The base loves Trump too much for elites to quit him.

By Andrew Prokop
Dear Donald Trump: I played in the NFL. Here’s what we really talk about in the locker room.
Politics

“We never had anyone say anything as foul and demeaning as you did on that tape.”

By Chris Kluwe
How we would cover the 2nd presidential debate if it happened in another country
World Politics

How American events would look through more distance.

By Zack Beauchamp
Trump surrogates have started normalizing sexual assault in a terrifying way
Politics

They’re feigning ignorance about the definition of “sexual assault” to defend the tapes.

By Emily Crockett