elections
Aesthetics and Politics in 2022 Campaigning
This year's election continued much of the same aesthetic tropes as previous elections. As with past years, it was the DPP that focused on aesthetics that could outreach to young people, and maintained the modernist aesthetic that has characterized pan-Green campaign advertising since the Tsai administration took power. While the KMT has significantly modernized its aesthetic in recent years, it is still the DPP that proved the more experimental in election advertising
Murder, Corruption, and Plagiarism: An Election Cycle Characterized by Scandal
Many races have boiled down to the personalities running for office, rather than their policies.
Mysterious Super PAC Attacks Biaggi in Homestretch of Primary Against DCCC Chair Maloney
The pop-up group has not disclosed its funders or the individuals behind it.
GOP Effort to Subvert Democracy Heads to SCOTUS
The conservative Supreme Court majority may hand state legislatures unchecked control over federal elections.
Election Denial Is Not a Problem for Bipartisan Caucus
One in five GOP members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus voted to support legal challenges to the 2020 election results.
Election Reform After Dark
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie rejoins the pod to talk about his plans to make New York election reform sexy. And seven minutes in heaven is kid’s stuff, so listen to Katie Honan explain six minutes of grace and how she finally beat a ticket.
Democrats Have Lost Nine Senate Seats in Close Contests Since 2012
The populist economic message that kept Democratic voter turnout high in this year's Georgia Senate runoffs has largely been absent over the past decade of close losses.
Former ALEC State Chair Joe Manchin Continues to Do the Group’s Bidding
Manchin echoes ALEC in calling the For the People Act too partisan.
After Assessing the Insurrection, Toyota’s PAC Donates to Election Objectors
The automaker took just three weeks to assess the Jan. 6 riots before restarting PAC donations to Republican election objectors.
You Could Look Up Who Funds the Dumb Ads if HR 1 Passes
House Democrats' reform bill would let anyone follow the money behind election ads.
DNC Finally Releases Rules for Next Week’s Chair Election
Sludge obtained two memos sent by the DNC to national members outlining the election rules for the next party chair.
These Four States Can Kill the Electoral College
The undemocratic institution may be closer to dead than you think.