Campaigns & Elections

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8 reasons why education may be pivotal in the 2020 election (and beyond)

Douglas N. Harris

Monday, June 3, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan - RC14B9B3C0F0

Deepfakes, social media, and the 2020 election

John Villasenor

Monday, June 3, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Joe Biden gives a pep talk to Dallas County high school students during a campaign event at the SPARK! educational center in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brandon Wade - RC14B0B014C0

Competing ideas on federal intervention to compensate teachers

Michael Hansen and Jacqueline Lantsman

Friday, May 31, 2019

A woman walks past an advertising board for the EU elections at the Schuman railway station near the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1471A03120

Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze the European Parliament election results

Ted Reinert, Thomas Wright, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Célia Belin, Giovanna De Maio, Molly Montgomery, and Amanda Sloat

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

European Union and Italian flags are seen in downtown Rome, Italy, October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - RC118853AF70

Europe votes: How populist Italy is missing out

Carlo Bastasin and Giovanna De Maio

Friday, May 24, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta walks off the stage after addressing supporters at the election night rally in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - HT1ECB90LBRWE

Five issue positions that could blow up a Democratic campaign

Friday, May 24, 2019

A far-right National Front political party supporter holds a French flag during a rally for local elections in Marseille, March 16, 2014. Registered voters will receive an envelope containing the declarations of faith of candidates for the first turn of the French local elections which will run on March 23. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EA3H08Q901

Europe votes: France’s atomized politics and vaporized influence

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC17A4976E20

Democrats’ views on charters diverge by race as 2020 elections loom

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Migrants and refugees beg Macedonian policemen to allow passage to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia during a rainstorm, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Reuters and The New York Times shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for images of the migrant crisis in Europe and the Middle East. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000387306

Has the far right already won the European Parliament elections?

Samuel Denney and Kemal Kirişci

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden greets supporters after speaking during a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Makela - RC18E1A0E4D0

Why is Joe Biden running away with the Democratic presidential nomination?

Morley Winograd

Monday, May 20, 2019