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nytimes.com October 17, 2018
Treasury Official Charged With Leaking Bank Reports to Journalist

The federal authorities arrested a Treasury Department official on Wednesday and charged her with illegally showing a journalist secret reports about suspicious wire transfers by President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others.
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politico.com October 17, 2018
Massive Twitter data release sheds light on Russia’s Trump strategy

Twitter on Wednesday released a trove of 10 million tweets it says represents the full scope of foreign influence operations on the platform dating back nearly a decade — including Russia's consistent efforts to disparage Hill
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fivethirtyeight.com October 17, 2018
Will The Midterms Decide Who Runs In 2020?

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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techcrunch.com October 18, 2018
Take a video tour of Facebook’s election security war room

Beneath an American flag, 20 people packed tight into a beige conference room are Facebook’s, and so too the Internet’s, first line of defence for democracy. This is Facebook election security war room.
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washingtonpost.com October 16, 2018
Trump’s grip on the Midwest was illusory

In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, political insiders talked about a permanent realignment of the political map. After years in the blue column, the Rust Belt and Upper Midwest were now going to move toward Republicans, we were told.
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npr.org October 18, 2018
Ahead Of Presidential Election, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Divides Brazil

Amid rising political tensions, veteran rocker Roger Waters is using his tour to urge Brazilians not to vote for the far-right presidential candidate — prompting confrontations between fans.
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theringer.com October 18, 2018
The Real Florida Man: Donald Trump Still Owns the Sunshine State. Maybe Too Much.

Hurricane Michael destroyed whole towns in Florida. President Donald Trump led a campaign rally states away during the storm. “We won Florida by a lot,” he told his crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania. “The whole map is like red.”
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cnet.com October 17, 2018
Facebook accused of misleading advertisers, then trying to hide it

Facebook knew it was misleading advertisers about the average time users spent watching videos long before admitting it. And it tried to shift attention from the error, a lawsuit says.
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vanityfair.com October 16, 2018
Where in the World Is Barack Obama?

The absence of Barack Obama on the midterm campaign trail can be explained in part by his uneasy relationship with the Democratic Party.
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fivethirtyeight.com October 18, 2018
Politics Podcast: Democrats Are Well Positioned In Key Races For Governor

Our 2018 governors forecast is live! And in the latest installment of “Model Talk” from the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team, editor-in-chief Nate Silver talks about the odds in key races, including Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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nytimes.com November 17, 2016
Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

SAN FRANCISCO — An automated army of pro-Donald J. Trump chatbots overwhelmed similar programs supporting Hillary Clinton five to one in the days leading up to the presidential election, according to a report published Thursday by researchers at Oxford University.
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nautil.us November 3, 2016
Why Are US Presidential Elections So Close?

It’s not hard to find close elections. In 2015, a Mississippi state house race ended in a tie, after which the winner was decided by drawing straws. A 2013 mayoral race in the Philippines was deadlocked and resolved with a coin toss.
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nytimes.com November 3, 2016
Presidential Election: Melania Trump and Bernie Sanders to the Rescue

Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump barnstormed across North Carolina on Thursday, each seeking to bolster support in a battleground state that has switched from Democrat to Republican in the past eight years.
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nytimes.com November 2, 2016
Presidential Election: Trump Hits $100 Million in Small Donations in October, Team Says

With only six days left in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are working overtime to turn out voters, but their power to shift the direction of the race diminishes every day.
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theintercept.com June 25, 2017
Ralph Nader: The Democrats Are Unable to Defend the U.S. from the “Most Vicious” Republican Party in History

The Democratic Party is at its lowest ebb in the memory of everyone now alive. It’s lost the White House and both houses of Congress. On the state level it’s weaker than at any time since 1920.
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medium.com November 9, 2016
Dear Democrats, Read This If You Do Not Understand Why Trump Won

The “conspiracies” were true, and the mainstream media lied to you to about everything. Wikileaks has a 10-year record of never releasing a single falsified document, and is not connected to Russia. Everything they released were the actual e-mails of Hillary Clinton and her campaign staff.
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wired.com October 12, 2016
The President in Conversation With MIT’s Joi Ito and WIRED’s Scott Dadich

IT’S HARD TO think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence. As machine learning enables our computers to teach themselves, a wealth of breakthroughs emerge, ranging from medical diagnostics to cars that drive themselves.
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glamour.com August 4, 2016
Glamour Exclusive: President Barack Obama Says, "This Is What a Feminist Looks Like"

There are a lot of tough aspects to being President. But there are some perks too. Meeting extraordinary people across the country. Holding an office where you get to make a difference in the life of our nation. Air Force One.
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independent.co.uk January 14, 2017
Ex-MI6 agent so worried by his Donald Trump discoveries he started working without pay

Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who investigated Donald Trump’s alleged Kremlin links, was so worried by what he was discovering that at the end he was working without pay, The Independent has learned.
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nytimes.com May 8, 2017
Why the Macron Hacking Attack Landed With a Thud in France

PARIS — Maybe it was the suspect timing of the leaked documents. Or the staggering amount and possibility that some were fake. Or a feeling among the French that, having witnessed how hacking may have altered the American election, they would not fall for the same ploy.
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cnn.com November 11, 2016
Inside the Clinton loss: Who's to blame?

Washington (CNN)The high command of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign believe there's plenty of blame to go around for their stunning loss to Donald Trump.
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lawfareblog.com January 11, 2017
About that Explosive Trump Story: Take a Deep Breath

This afternoon, CNN reported that President Barack Obama and President-Elect Donald Trump had been briefed by the intelligence community on the existence of a cache of memos alleging communication between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and the possession by the Russian government of highl
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miamiherald.com December 30, 2016
Dave Barry’s Year in Review: 2016 — What the ... ?

They will have a point. Over the past few decades, we here at the Year in Review have reviewed some pretty disturbing years.
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nytimes.com October 21, 2017
McCain in Twilight: An Unfettered Voice Against Trumpism

WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain, the sometimes cantankerous, often charming and eternally irrepressible Republican from Arizona, has never minced words. But in the twilight of a long and storied career, as he fights a virulent form of brain cancer, the 81-year-old senator has found a new voice.
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sethgodin.typepad.com January 23, 2017
Almost no one

We may dream of the mass market, but the mass market doesn't dream of us. Almost no one visits your restaurant, almost no one buys your bestselling book, almost no one watches the Tonight Show.
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vox.com December 15, 2017
The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment

More than a year after President Donald Trump won the election, there are still some questions about what drove him to victory: Was it genuine anxiety about the state of the economy? Or was it racism and racial resentment?
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theatlantic.com January 20, 2017
An Inaugural Celebration That Rings Hollow

Commentators love to praise the peaceful handover of power—but this year, it stands as a reminder of the system’s fragility and shortcomings. Every presidency is different, but inaugural coverage is always the same.
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npr.org November 12, 2016
7 Reasons Donald Trump Won The Presidential Election

The dust is starting to settle in Washington and around the country after an election that stunned political watchers and pollsters. As vote continues to be counted, Hillary Clinton has now surpassed Al Gore's 2000 popular vote margin.
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nytimes.com May 3, 2017
5 Takeaways From James Comey’s Hearing

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, provided his first public explanation Wednesday of why he revealed days before the election that he had reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, saying he could not risk concealing newfound information from Congress.
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nytimes.com September 13, 2016
For Every 10 U.S. Adults, Six Vote and Four Don’t. What Separates Them?

While young people, poor people and Hispanics are often singled out for low voting rates, there are millions of nonvoters in every demographic group. In fact, the majority of people who didn’t vote in the 2012 presidential election were white, middle-income and middle-aged.
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nytimes.com September 7, 2017
The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election

Sometimes an international offensive begins with a few shots that draw little notice. So it was last year when Melvin Redick of Harrisburg, Pa., a friendly-looking American with a backward baseball cap and a young daughter, posted on Facebook a link to a brand-new website. Mr.
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nytimes.com January 23, 2016
Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run

Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J.
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nytimes.com May 1, 2017
In Europe’s Election Season, Tech Vies to Fight Fake News

LONDON — In the battle against fake news, Andreas Vlachos — a Greek computer scientist living in a northern English town — is on the front lines.
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lifehacker.com December 23, 2017
How to Tell if You've Liked or Followed a Russian "Fake News" Page on Facebook

By this point, it’s pretty much understood that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 Presidential election in the United States through social media posts. However, what you may not know is whether or not you personally ended up seeing any of those posts.
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swampland.time.com November 7, 2012
Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win

In late spring, the backroom number crunchers who powered Barack Obama’s campaign to victory noticed that George Clooney had an almost gravitational tug on West Coast females ages 40 to 49.
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newyorker.com September 19, 2016
The State of the Presidential Debate

This election’s first Presidential debate will be held on September 26th, the anniversary of the first televised Presidential debate, between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, in 1960.
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wired.com October 19, 2016
WIRED’s Totally Legit Guide to Rigging a Presidential Election

So you want to rig an election. Good. Clearly you’re a smart guy. The smartest. Great intellect, believe me. Anyone who believes in free and fair elections to facilitate the peaceful transfer of power is a sucker. Sad. But you’d better get started. Like, yesterday.
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nytimes.com September 16, 2016
Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton’s Bodyguards Should Disarm to ‘See What Happens to Her’

MIAMI — Donald J. Trump once again raised the specter of violence against Hillary Clinton, suggesting Friday that the Secret Service agents who guard her voluntarily disarm to “see what happens to her” without their protection. “I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” Mr.
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boingboing.net September 15, 2016
To find Hillary Clinton likable, we must learn to view women as complex beings

Whether you realize it or not, you’ve spent your entire life being trained to empathize with white men.
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oaktreecapital.com September 15, 2008
Memos from Howard Marks

What are the elements that have created the current investment environment? In my view, they’re these: What are the implications of these events? I think they’re these:
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salon.com February 24, 2016
America, you’re stupid: Donald Trump’s political triumph makes it official — we’re a nation of idiots

Before any votes were cast, when Donald Trump was the theoretical front-runner, the optimists preached patience. Just wait, they said. This will blow over. He’s a clown, a huckster, a TV personality. There’s no way he can win. It’s just not possible.
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washingtonpost.com May 1, 2017
Why did Trump win? New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer.

As the Democratic Party rebuilds itself for the 2018 and 2020 elections, Democratic strategists have been preoccupied with a pressing question: Why did so many voters who backed Barack Obama in 2012 switch to Donald Trump four years later, and what can be done to win them back?
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blog.dilbert.com November 7, 2016
Scott Adams' Blog

Election Day is upon us and I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has been reading this blog, following me on Twitter, or tuning in to my coffee talks on Periscope. This has been the most fun I have ever had in one year. Hands down. We made friends online, and in person. We learned a lot.
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nytimes.com September 27, 2016
Debate Takeaways: Hillary Clinton Digs In and Prevails

Some debates seem to transform the fundamentals of a political campaign. The first clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump was not one of those events. Rather than shifting the lines of the presidential race, this debate seems likely to deepen them — bolstering Mrs.
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nytimes.com March 5, 2018
Escort Says Audio Recordings Show Russian Meddling in U.S. Election

BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday that she had more than 16 hours of audio recordings that could help shed light on Russian meddling in United States elections.
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theatlantic.com February 19, 2018
Russia's Troll Operation Was Not That Sophisticated

“If the Internet Research Agency were a start-up media company, they probably would not be picking up a fresh round of venture capital.” It might be nice for Democrats and #NeverTrumpers to believe that Russia’s troll factory brought Donald Trump the 2016 Presidential Election.But no.
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newyorker.com October 13, 2016
The Election May Be Over, but Trump’s Blowup Is Just Starting

Is the Presidential election done? On Thursday morning, Donald Trump, facing new sexual-assault accusations, cancelled an interview with one of his most stalwart supporters, Sean Hannity, of Fox News.
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theverge.com November 8, 2016
How to follow the 2016 election results online

The end is nigh for the 2016 presidential election. We have but one hurdle left: the outcome. If, like us, you plan to spend your election night in a dark living room hunched over your laptop, we’d like to make the experience a little easier.
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youtube.com April 17, 2017
French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The presidential election in France could determine the political future of Europe. John Oliver visits an excessively French bistro to deliver an urgent message to voters.Connect with Last Week Tonight online...Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happ
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newsroom.fb.com September 6, 2017
An Update On Information Operations On Facebook

There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process. In April we published a white paper that outlined our understanding of organized attempts to misuse our platform.
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politico.com January 31, 2016
Dear Americans, What Are You Thinking?

If you think millions of Americans are terrified by the looming prospect of Donald Trump securing the Republican presidential nomination, you should see what we Brits think of him.
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theoutline.com October 20, 2016
Memes do not matter

For more than a year, the lowly media consumer was told the 2016 election was one of memes, debate Vines, Bernie bros, the alt-right, and Snapchat. We were told that this was an election in which everyone was given a voice through the power of social media.
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lawfareblog.com July 1, 2017
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians

I read the Wall Street Journal’s article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest. I was involved in the events that reporter Shane Harris described, and I was an unnamed source for the initial story.
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jacobinmag.com March 18, 2017
Fairfax County, USA

In the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning and disastrous Electoral College victory, analysts have zeroed in on one demographic group that bears the burden for Hillary Clinton’s defeat: white voters without college degrees.
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fivethirtyeight.com February 23, 2018
How Happy Should Joe Biden Be About His Lead In 2020 Democratic Primary Polls?

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. I’m cheating this week and picking a poll released last Thursday for the “poll of the week,” because it’s about a subject that I (and I suspect a lot of our readers) are interested in: presidential politics.
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nytimes.com October 14, 2017
Iowa’s Swing to Republicans Is a Matter of (Lacking a) Degree

CLINTON, Iowa — The Clinton County Democratic Party headquarters is wedged in a nondescript brick building with an unpaved, dusty parking lot. The dated computers, mismatched furniture and portable fan suggest another era.
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fivethirtyeight.com August 17, 2016
Trump Still Has A Chance — Doesn’t He?

In this week’s politics chat, we try to present the upside case for Donald Trump. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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theguardian.com December 28, 2016
Reporting while Muslim: how I covered the US presidential election

The words rolled off the voter’s tongue as though he was merely discussing a pest invasion in his home. He was talking about Muslims. The conversation had begun just as any interaction with a voter does.
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washingtonpost.com July 27, 2016
By November, Russian hackers could target voting machines

Russia was behind the hacks into the Democratic National Committee’s computer network that led to the release of thousands of internal emails just before the party’s convention began, U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded. The FBI is investigating.
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nytimes.com November 7, 2016
Presidential Election: The Day Before the Storm

It’s almost over. Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump cut different paths across the country on Monday, the final full day of campaigning for the 2016 election, the nastiest in many decades and one that will leave an uncertain legacy for future cycles.
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thedailybeast.com March 6, 2017
Barack Obama’s Politically Active Post-Presidency Isn’t Normal, or Good

In a break from modern tradition, former President Barack Obama appears to be wading back into political waters. We don’t know the scope of involvement he has planned.
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nypost.com November 20, 2016
College kids are proving Trump’s point

Many undergraduates, their fawn-like eyes wide with astonishment, are wondering: Why didn’t the dean of students prevent the election from disrupting the serenity to which my school has taught me that I am entitled?
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youtube.com
U.S. presidential elections 2012 easily explained (explainity® explainer video)

This year the president of the United States will be elected. But how does the american election actually work? With this video explainity tries to explain the U.S. presidential election in a simple way.This explainer video was produced by explainity GmbHHomepage: www.explainity.comE-Mail: info@expl
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gizmodo.com July 21, 2015
This Was the Real Political Map of America After the 2012 Election

This post from 2012 resurfaced after the 2016 election, so we’ve updated the headline in order to avoid any confusion. This is the real political map of the United States of America after the 2012 presidential election.
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theringer.com March 21, 2018
The Wolves of K Street

The United States government stood at the brink of crisis. For more than three months, there had been no agreement in Congress over an appropriations bill to fund the government.
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theweek.com November 7, 2016
This election is God's judgment on us

In 2016, self-described conservatives, the supposed defenders of the eternal verities, our national traditions, and family values, are rallying to the side of a cretinous, amoral lecher and thief.
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nytimes.com May 3, 2018
Industrial Revolutions Are Political Wrecking Balls

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. We may never stop arguing about which historic currents swept President Trump into the White House.
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nytimes.com May 25, 2016
When Should You Start Worrying About the Polls?

Since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, several national polls have shown him narrowing the gap with his likely opponent, Hillary Clinton, or even leading. But the election is more than five months away. When should you start to care about polls?
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nytimes.com November 12, 2016
After a Fraught Election, Questions Over the Impact of a Balky Voting Process

So few Americans cast ballots that a new president was elected by barely a quarter of Americans eligible to vote. Some of those who did vote waited in line for hours.
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nytimes.com November 23, 2016
Election Facts to Keep Handy for Holiday Discussions

At Thanksgiving, many of us will be subject to — or subjecting our hosts to — a wide range of opinions about the 2016 election. But some aspects of it are rooted in fact — not open to interpretation (Sorry, Uncle Bill).
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nytimes.com February 19, 2018
Attacking the ‘Woke’ Black Vote

One thing that is clear to me following the special counsel’s indictment of 13 Russians and three companies for interfering with our election is that the black vote was specifically under attack, from sources foreign and domestic.
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washingtonpost.com August 10, 2017
In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it

Critics of President Trump have repeatedly warned of his potential to undermine American democracy.
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medium.com September 29, 2016
#TrumpWon? trend vs. reality

a deep dive into the underlying dataWhy is everyone so obsessed with this hashtag and the fact that it was in Twitter’s trending topics list the morning after the first presidential debate? Perhaps the competitive nature of a presidential debate — the fact that there’s supposed to be a “
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nytimes.com September 29, 2016
The Subtle Phrases Hillary Clinton Uses to Sway Black Voters

When political candidates speak, they are often addressing several audiences at once, and their words can have different meanings for each. When Hillary Clinton talked about race during her debate Monday night against Donald J.
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nytimes.com June 18, 2016
Trump in the Dumps

Washington — HE won’t pivot. So I have to. Having seen Donald Trump as a braggadocious but benign celebrity in New York for decades, I did not regard him as the apotheosis of evil.
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newyorker.com September 27, 2016
The Problem with Trump Isn’t His Debating Skills

In a year of absurd, nerve-testing disconnects, Monday night’s disconnect was the biggest of all.
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nytimes.com April 20, 2017
4 Hours at the White House With Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin and Kid Rock

WASHINGTON — Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and Sarah Palin had a fete to remember at the White House for several hours Wednesday night, as President Trump treated the high-profile supporters to a white-china private dinner, a room-by-room tour and free-range policy chat. Mr.
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nytimes.com May 30, 2016
Feel the Math

This is my fifth presidential campaign as a New York Times columnist, so I’ve watched a lot of election coverage, and I came into this cycle prepared for the worst. Or so I thought. But I was wrong. So far, election commentary has been even worse than I imagined it would be.
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nytimes.com December 23, 2016
How the Obama Coalition Crumbled, Leaving an Opening for Trump

It is entirely possible, as many have argued, that Hillary Clinton would be the president-elect of the United States if the F.B.I. director, James Comey, had not sent a letter to Congress about her emails in the last weeks of the campaign. But the electoral trends that put Donald J.
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nytimes.com January 5, 2018
The Presidential Election That America Lost

PLAYING WITH FIRE The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics By Lawrence O’Donnell Illustrated. 484 pp. Penguin Press. $28. The election of 1968 decided one thing: that Richard M. Nixon and not Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey would become president.
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newyorker.com May 16, 2016
Head of the Class

Last week, Donald Trump became the leader of the Republican Party.
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nytimes.com July 22, 2016
Why You Should Feel Free to Ignore Polls for a Few Weeks

Donald Trump officially became the Republican party’s nominee Thursday night, and on Monday, the Democratic convention begins in Philadelphia. In the coming weeks, you can expect lots of polls — and headlines — suggesting new insight into the state of the presidential race.
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nytimes.com October 10, 2016
Donald Trump Talks at Debate, but Many Women Hear Only a 2005 Tape

It was Donald J. Trump’s chance to sound contrite and mature, to explain away the sexually predatory boasts he was caught making on tape and to persuade Americans that — for all his no-apologies braggadocio — he was, in fact, capable of feeling shame.
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nytimes.com April 3, 2018
A Wave of Young Women Running Campaigns (and Changing Politics)

McLEAN, Va. — The campaign manager spoke about her candidate’s race with a veteran’s prepossessing self-assurance.
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nytimes.com July 27, 2016
Donald Trump’s Path: What Map Should Democrats Fear the Most?

Each week, Nate Cohn, The Upshot’s elections analyst, based in Washington, and Toni Monkovic, an Upshot editor in New York, discuss the 2016 race and post a lightly edited transcript of their written exchange. By now, it’s clear that Donald Trump has a realistic shot to become president.
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nytimes.com October 11, 2016
Glenn Beck Says Opposing Trump Is ‘Moral, Ethical’ Even if It Means Clinton Wins

Glenn Beck, the fiery conservative media personality and former Fox News host, says that he briefly considered voting for Hillary Clinton and called opposing Donald J. Trump the “moral, ethical choice” — even if doing so leads to Mrs. Clinton winning the presidential election.
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npr.org October 18, 2016
Election Law Expert: Rigged Election 'Extraordinarily Unlikely'

Claims by one side — so far without evidence — that the coming presidential election will somehow be "rigged" are being echoed at campaign rallies and in one new poll of voters.
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nytimes.com November 17, 2016
A Trumpian Silver Lining

One of Donald Trump’s big advantages now is that he has so many awful associates. No matter what appointees he foists on us, there’s always another pal who’d have been worse.
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nytimes.com June 13, 2016
A Party Agrift

This is not a column about Donald Trump. It’s not about the fraudulent scheme that was Trump University. It’s not about his history of failing to pay contractors, leading to hundreds of legal actions. It’s not about how he personally profited while running his casinos into the ground.
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theatlantic.com July 30, 2016
How ‘Millennials’ Ruined Democracy

Not the people—the term. How generational divisions have driven down voter turnout over the last century of American politics. Throughout the 2016 U.S.
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rollingstone.com May 26, 2017
The Democrats Need a New Message

The story of Greg Gianforte, a fiend who just wiped out a Democrat in a congressional race about ten minutes after being charged with assaulting a reporter, is déjà vu all over again.
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nytimes.com March 12, 2016
The Geography of Trumpism

The places with high concentrations of these self-described Americans turn out to be the places Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has performed the strongest. This connection and others emerged in an analysis of the geography of Trumpism. To see what conditions prime a place to support Mr.
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nytimes.com November 4, 2016
Big Names Campaigning for Hillary Clinton Underscore Donald Trump’s Isolation

Hillary Clinton campaigned Friday in the company of friends and celebrities, first flanked by the billionaire businessman Mark Cuban in Pittsburgh and Detroit, and then at a concert in Cleveland with Jay Z and Beyoncé.
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vanityfair.com January 2, 2014
Why Joe Biden Didn’t Run . . . And Why He’s Not Ruling Out 2020

Joe Biden, the former vice president, was four minutes and forty seconds into discussing his new book, Promise Me, Dad, when he got snagged on a memory. We were sitting in the den of his vacation home, in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
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vox.com November 12, 2016
The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states

Every four years, we elect a president in this country, and we do it in a strange way: via the Electoral College. The reasons for the Electoral College are unclear to most people. On the surface, it appears anti-democratic and needlessly complicated.
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dailysignal.com November 7, 2016
Why We Use Electoral College, Not Popular Vote

The Electoral College remains in place over two centuries after the framers of the Constitution empowered it to select presidents. Though occasionally maligned, this system of electing a chief executive has been incredibly successful for the American people.
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