Campaigns & Elections

Polling officials wait to receive Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of the final phase of voting in Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RC1F07DFD550

Assessing the Indian state election results

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Deputy president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa greets an ANC member during the 54th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1E9CE87C00

Ramaphosa’s victory: Progress or paralysis?

Witney Schneidman

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Supporters of Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones celebrate at the election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. Photo taken December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - RC1DA162DEB0

Alabama is a precursor to the black vote’s value in 2018 and 2020

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones and wife Louise acknowledge supporters at the election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - RC16B4B41EA0

Alabama reminds America to have a little faith in American voters

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

A child gestures as people cast their vote at a public school during municipal elections in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, October 28, 2012. Chilean voters will elect mayors and councilmen across 15 political regions on Sunday. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1E8AT03GE01

Winning runoff elections in Latin America

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Republican candidate Roy Moore greets supporters during the runoff election for the Republican nomination for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - RC14EDB4C0C0

Activist groups are ‘amateurizing’ our political candidates

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Voters cast their ballots during early voting in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

How activists choose our politicians, long before we vote

Thursday, December 7, 2017

A lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

Does science prove that the modern GOP favors the rich?

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

A roll of "I Voted Today" stickers await early voters at a polling station in downtown Washington October 24, 2012.
REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION) - RTR39J7F

How to rig an election in three not-so-easy steps

Thursday, November 30, 2017

The American flag is changed for a new one on the Capitol building during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HT1ED1K1E2RCE

Retirement from Congress may be driven by term limits on committee chairs

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, November 30, 2017