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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for November 2016

World Politics
WikiLeaks just tried to justify its behavior this year in a bizarre Election Day statementWikiLeaks just tried to justify its behavior this year in a bizarre Election Day statement
Politics
Minority voters are 6 times as likely as white voters to wait more than an hour to voteMinority voters are 6 times as likely as white voters to wait more than an hour to vote
Politics

Voting lines can be long. If you’re not white, they’re probably longer.

By German Lopez
Politics
These Republican women say their party abandoned them long before TrumpThese Republican women say their party abandoned them long before Trump
Politics

Have women lost the fight for the soul of the Republican Party?

By Emily Crockett
2016 Presidential Election
Facebook is full of fake news stories. On Election Day, don’t fall for them.Facebook is full of fake news stories. On Election Day, don’t fall for them.
2016 Presidential Election

Every vote matters this time around. Don’t make yours based on a lie.

By Yochi Dreazen
2016 Presidential Election
Tim Kaine’s response to voting after 99-year-old woman: “I need to get used to being number two”Tim Kaine’s response to voting after 99-year-old woman: “I need to get used to being number two”
2016 Presidential Election

His tweet is really about the history he and Clinton might make.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
2016 Presidential Election
Clinton and Trump have election night parties one mile apartClinton and Trump have election night parties one mile apart
2016 Presidential Election

This is the first time in 72 years both major party candidates will spend election night in the same state.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
If someone tells you they’re not voting today, show them thisIf someone tells you they’re not voting today, show them this
Politics

Know anyone who’s taking their right to vote for granted? Tell them about Reginald Albright.

By Dara Lind
2016 Presidential Election
“I Voted” stickers, explained“I Voted” stickers, explained
2016 Presidential Election

Even when many Americans don’t vote on Election Day, the stickers are a powerful symbol.

By Libby Nelson
Politics
Watch crowds boo Donald Trump as he votes in his own neighborhoodWatch crowds boo Donald Trump as he votes in his own neighborhood
Politics

New Yorkers think he’s an affront to New York values.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
“I waited 96 years”: women born before women had the right to vote on this historic election“I waited 96 years”: women born before women had the right to vote on this historic election
Politics

Women have had the right to vote in America for less than a century. Now a woman is running for president.

By Emily Crockett
Politics
Eric Trump just broke the law by taking a ballot selfie. Here’s where it’s illegal.Eric Trump just broke the law by taking a ballot selfie. Here’s where it’s illegal.
Politics

Don’t be like Trump.

By Zachary Crockett
Politics
The final polls point to a Hillary Clinton win. Will they be right?The final polls point to a Hillary Clinton win. Will they be right?
Culture
Watch: Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and Black Thought rap against voter suppressionWatch: Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and Black Thought rap against voter suppression
Culture

They want you to go to the polls.

By Constance Grady
The Big Idea
America’s founders screwed up when they designed the presidency. Donald Trump is exhibit A.America’s founders screwed up when they designed the presidency. Donald Trump is exhibit A.
The Big Idea

The executive branch, observers have long said, contains the seeds of American Caesarism.

By Sanford V. Levinson