#Electoral

Jonathan Rauch

jon_rauch

Then she was Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security. Downside: immigrant deportations, hugely unpopular with Dem base. Upside: major national-security cred. And...she worked with VP Biden for five years. 8/13 Most

Michael McFaul

McFaul

For those of us who study autocracies, including elections in autocracies, there were a lot of familiar messages, symbols, and methods on display this week at the #RNCConvention. THREAD 1.

libcom.org

libcomorg

#OTD in 1870 notable counter-revolutionary Vladimir Lenin was born. Lenin went on to lead a coup which seized power from the Soviets. He is also known for ordering the massacre

Tom Coates

tomcoates

So a few key states are supposed to be certifying their results today. Trump is leaning hard on the GOP members to not certify the results, which drive the conclusions

Canada in the World

canadainthewrld

Election results from Bolivia were an overwhelming victory for the MÁS party: an embarrassing outcome for Canada’s Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, whose govt aggressively supported a coup against MÁS a

berniebo 🌹

irockgnomes

tell me about non-electoral cool stuff your DSA chapter is doing my chapter is doing a tent replacement project for our unhoused neighbors to both give out needed survival gear

Tarik Abou-Chadi

tabouchadi

Commentators link Germany's slow Ukraine response to SPD ties to Russia or even electoral strategy. This is a false understanding of its current leadership and positions. The SPD's actions mirror

cREATe COLLABORATIVE

createonthe8

So my imagination is running wild with anticipating what conspiracy theories will be born tonight....My money is on the deep state. Cool your jets FBI.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1311892190680014849 The deep state is killing

Anna Orridge🌱🌍🖋

orridge_anna

A lot of mutuals are expressing despair about British politics, and I don't want to chide or contradict anyone, because I don't know what your life is like or how

ShinB

ShinBwhoa

How democracy and Abrahamic behaviour are intertwined-Assume you have a populace and you just instituted a government backed by electoral democracy. Now what do you do next? Your goal quickly

Operation Cupcake

PhillipsBarrie

Founded in 1996 by Paul Richards, Liam Byrne and Derek Draper, the former aide to Peter Mandelson. Progress has received more than 122 times more funding than any other members'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC

We have lost a giant in the history of our nation with the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.It is heartbreaking that in her final moments she was, as are many

Matt Lewis

mattklewis

Was just reading up on what happens in an electoral college tie—which is a plausible scenario. My understanding is as follows: Assuming electors vote as their state wants (some don’t

Ayman Rashdan Wong

AymanRashdanW

Bernie Sanders tarik diri daripada pemilihan presiden US tahun 2020, so Joe Biden akan jadi calon Democrat lawan Trump (Republican) 3 November 2020 nanti (kalau masih on dan COVID dah

Steve Vladeck

steve_vladeck

1. In response to the President's claim that we "must have final total" election results *on* Election Day, here's a #thread on how and why presidential elections *actually* work under

Jawad Mian

jsmian

6/ "The non-suburban electorate will decide the system has failed and start looking for a strongman to vote for—someone willing to assure them that the smug bureaucrats, tricky lawyers, overpaid