After Tuesday’s debate, Scott texted me, “Trump is Trump, and regardless, I will never vote for a left-wing progressive, which is new-speak for a socialist.” For unmovable voters, “Trump is Trump” justifies any action, falsehood, or unpresidential outburst that his loyal supporters eit...
They showed tied races in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania; Trump won them all. The Times wrote before the election that weighting on recalled past vote would’ve made their polls worse in previous elections; it’s not immediately clear whether it would’ve helped ...
“Do not hand our fates over to the likes of Trump, who knows nothing about us, who has shown deep contempt for us,” Obama said. “Because a vote for him is a vote against us, against our health, against our worth.” Obama’s remarks represent some of t...
When asked to choose from among a list of eight reasons people under the age of 30 have been significantly less likely than the general population to vote in presidential elections, respondents 18 to 29 cited “Feel My Vote Doesn’t Count” (21%), “A General Feeling of Hopelessness (19%...
Though Native Americans weregranted American citizenshipin 1924, they did notobtain full national voting rightsuntil 1962. Meanwhile, voting advocates from the NCAI have worked tirelessly to highlight regions where the often ignoredNative votes can influence elections. In an effort to make voting mor...
While the crowds to get into my caucus place, a junior high school, were large, and the excitement of this election cycle considerable, the mood remained mild and things proceeded pretty quickly and orderly considering the number of people milling around and waiting to sign in or vote. Since...
For the rest of us, the majority who did not vote for Trump and did not give him an actual majority of the popular vote in 2024, nearly all of us STILL WANT AMERICA TO SUCCEED yet are revolted by Trump’s personal grossness and his symptoms of mental illness, and of course by the...
And crucially, we show up at the ballot box during elections to make our voices heard. Using our right to vote is perhaps the most fundamentally patriotic act we can take. When we go to the polls, we are participating in the democratic process that so many have fought and died to ...
“The origin of the language we speak carries us to India; our religion is from Palestine,” Bancroft told the New York Historical Society in 1854. “Of the hymns sung in our churches, some were first heard in Italy, some in the deserts of Arabia, some on the banks of t...
are still so proud of their pathetic children, or do they feel cheated like the rest of us real Americans? This is a very real question about integrity and honor, and where do YOU stand NOW, and where will you stand when this all turns into an enormous pil...