Elections

Chart of the Day: The Power of the Right-Wing Echo Chamber

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| Sun Nov. 4, 2012 12:45 PM PST

Timeline: The Long History of Voter Suppression

The 200-year battle over which Americans get to cast their ballots on Election Day.

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| Sun Nov. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Joe Biden

Every Single Political Game-Changer of the 2012 Election

We're still really bad at predicting the future.

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| Sun Nov. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Will Darkened Polling Stations Impact Key Vote in Pennsylvania?

As many as 300 polling stations were still without power as of Friday, many of them in critical Bucks County.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 10:08 AM PDT

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What Would "President Romney" Mean for Food and Agriculture?

If Romney wins, lobbyists and ethanol growers are in luck. Those in need of food stamps? Not so much.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Revealed: The Day Obama Chose a Strategy of Silence on Climate Change

Sandy has blown climate change back on the agenda—and many believe the White House was wrong when it decided in 2009 that climate change was not a winning political message.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Voting Problem? Report It to Mother Jones.

Help us track voter suppression and poll problems around the country. Report your problem here.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

What Would a Romney Victory Mean for Reproductive Rights?

Here are eight ways a Romney-Ryan administration could interfere with your access to reproductive health care.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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What Would a Romney Victory Mean for the Environment?

Drilling in national parks, the Keystone XL open for business, and other possible scenarios in a Romney presidency.

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| Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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MoJo's Interactive Guide to Voter Suppression and Poll Problems

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 | Sat Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Corn on Hardball: The Last Days of the Election

Romney and Obama make their closing arguments of the election.

Fri Nov. 2, 2012 5:50 PM PDT
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Scott Walker: The GOP's Recall Turnout Machine Will Deliver Wisconsin for Romney

America's most controversial governor says Romney's message—his newest one, that is—is just what Wisconsinites want to hear.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 1:08 PM PDT

CHART: In 2012, $8 out of $10 Dark-Money Dollars Supported Republican Candidates

Through November 1, dark-money groups had pumped $213 million into the House, Senate, and presidential races.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 8:56 AM PDT
2000 Florida recount

The Mother of All Election Recounts?

Chaos from controversial voter ID laws and other electoral changes could make Florida 2000 look like child's play.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Evangelical attorney Jay Sekulow and Mitt Romney

Romney Adviser Backed Outlawing Homosexuality and Abortion in Africa

Romney wants you to think he's a moderate. The evangelical, anti-gay agenda peddled by his friend Jay Sekulow is anything but.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Is Silicon Valley Voting Itself out of Business?

California's Prop. 30, a tax on the rich that would fund ailing schools and universities, has some unlikely foes.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

A Dark Money Group's Sketchy Origins Emerge

More details trickle out about the big donors behind a Montana-based nonprofit that's fighting election spending limits.

By Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity

 | Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

A Geneticist's Take on California's Prop 37

California's GMO labeling initiative won't stop Walmart from selling genetically modified sweet corn. But that's not the point.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

This Week in Dark Money

Dark-money meth house drama, a $6 billion election, and more from the murky world of campaign cash.

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| Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever

Here are some of the most paranoid and bizarro Obama conspiracy theories out there.

By Asawin Suebsaeng and Dave Gilson / Illustrations by Steve Brodner

 | Fri Nov. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT