Campaigns & Elections

A woman leaves the polling place as winter storm blanketed the state on local election day in Plaistow, New Hampshire, U.S., March 13, 2018. On the orders of state officials, New Hampshire municipalities proceeded with scheduled elections despite a winter storm that covered the region in snow and made driving difficult. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen

It’s time to fix Democrats’ Iowa and New Hampshire problem

Morley Winograd

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

Nimmo_Defend Against Disinfo

Video: How to defend against online disinformation

Friday, May 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane reacts as he speaks to Reuters at the state house in the capital Maseru, Lesotho February 27, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Africa in the news: Lesotho, Burundi, Malawi, and COVID-19 updates

Saturday, May 16, 2020

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) and Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) show a fake social media post for a non-existent "Miners for Trump" rally as representatives of Twitter, Facebook and Google testify before a Senate Judiciary Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How Russian trolls are adapting Cold War propaganda techniques

Venuri Siriwardane

Friday, May 15, 2020

A man bowls in a nearly empty bowling alley inside McCall's Tavern at Spanish Springs Town Square, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in The Villages, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

Bowling with Trump

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

W. McIntyre Road at Barrie Road in Bad Axe highlights the rural canvass of Michigan's thumb area photographed Thursday Sept. 19, 2019. Classes are offered by Mid-Michigan Community College at Huron Tech Center in Bad Axe despite the college being 120 miles away. It's a move by the college to help get higher education in areas without access to higher education.Ruraleducation 092319 36 Mw

Bowling with Trump

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Examples of Facebook pages are seen, as executives appear before the House Intelligence Committee to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence U.S. elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Video: Trends in online disinformation campaigns

Friday, May 8, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump LISTENS during a meeting with Republican members of Congress in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

In the Republican Party establishment, Trump finds tepid support

Friday, May 8, 2020

United States President Donald J. Trump participates in the National Day of Prayer Service at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Credit: Stefani Reynolds / Pool/Sipa USANo Use UK. No Use Germany.

New polling data show Trump faltering in key swing states—here’s why

William A. Galston

Friday, May 8, 2020