Ron Johnston, who has died aged 79, was a human geographer whose work in the field of electoral geography was drawn upon by political parties and policymakers, and influenced legislation on constituency boundaries. Also renowned as a historian of his subject, due to his magisterial account of Anglo-American human geography, […] Read more »
The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changes
Staff of the House of Representatives review Illinois’ Electoral College vote report in January 2017. Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Steven Heilman, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, changing just 269 votes in Florida from George W. Bush to […] Read more »
What we know right now about the November election
If this year has taught us anything, it’s that there’s no way to predict what will happen between today and November 3, now less than four months away. But we can and should do everything we can to take the pulse of the nation. We went to Jennifer Agiesta, CNN’s […] Read more »
Virus outbreak reshapes presidential race in Sun Belt — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll
The coronavirus outbreak is reshaping the presidential race in three key Sun Belt states. Joe Biden is now leading President Trump by six points in Florida, and the two are tied in Arizona and competitive in Texas, where Biden is down by just a point to Mr. Trump. Biden has […] Read more »
Latino Decisions Announces Release of New Survey Results in Six Battleground States
In partnership with Voter Participation Center and Voto Latino, Latino Decisions released their latest research on Latinos in 6-battleground states where Latinos will make a difference in the upcoming Presidential election between Vice President Biden and President Trump; Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, and Florida. This is the first […] Read more »
A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality
A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country. Still, a majority of U.S. adults say the country hasn’t gone far enough when it […] Read more »