Voter Turnout

An election official seals a ballot box before the start of voting at a polling station in Rawalpindi May 11, 2013 (REUTERS/Mian Khursheed).

Opinion

The Week After Pakistan's General Election

May 20, 2013, Madiha Afzal

Madiha Afzal reflects on Pakistan's general election and the accomplishments of the Pakistani people, including record voter turnout, youth engagement, and protests against vote-rigging, ballot stuffing and other illegal activities at polling stations.

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Barack Obama's Recipe for Electoral Success

November 7, 2012, William A. Galston | comments
Opinion | The New Republic

Will Undecided Voters Tip the Election Against Obama?

October 25, 2012, William A. Galston
In the News

[T]he swing state polls are showing that more voters—by narrow margins, but nonetheless, more voters—have confidence in Obama about the future.
September 28, 2012, E.J. Dionne, Jr., National Public Radio
Past Event

Early Voting: A Live Web Chat with Michael McDonald

September 26, 2012
In the News

A decade from now, I think you'll see [changes in the electoral map due to minority population growth in] Arizona, Texas, and Georgia for sure. You have got to look at the South and West—those are the fast-growing parts of the country—and that's where the minorities are dominating the growth.
August 30, 2012, William H. Frey, Roll Call
In the News

[The Asian-American population] is too small to make a difference on their own, but they could be a tipping point [in the 2012 U.S. presidential election]. In certain parts of the country, it’s going to be so close that any group can make a difference one way or the other.
August 19, 2012, William H. Frey, Financial Times
Opinion | The Next America, National Journal

Will 2012 be the Last Hurrah for Whites?

June 13, 2012
Past Web Chat

Previewing the 2012 Presidential Election: A Live Web Chat with William Galston

June 6, 2012
Opinion | The New York Times

Telling Americans to Vote, or Else

November 5, 2011, William A. Galston
Past Event

Fixing the U.S. Election System: Is a Democracy Index the Answer?

April 7, 2009