In this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether the Electoral College should be ...

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Despite Secretary of State Bill Galvin's predictions of record turnout in this year's presidential election, 145,000 fewer ...

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The most politically divided time in US democracy coincided with a boom in new communications technologies, confrontational ...

New population estimates from the Census Bureau suggest sharp gains and losses that could reshape the country’s politics ...

The American system of picking presidents has been a great success story, and changing it would introduce a host of practical ...

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Basic political geography means Democrats might need to ask themselves a broader question as they look to rebound.

Does the Democratic Party still exist in Texas; is it more than a vapor in Galveston County? I’ll bring that up this week at the Hilton Hotel in Galveston when I visit my favorite old men’s coffee ...

THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT IS OUT OF ORANGE COUNTY, WHERE A JUDGE FOUND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT HAS A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RELEASE FUNDING THAT’S BEEN WITHHELD FROM THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ...

First, it shows volatility and a desire to “throw the bums out.” In four of the last five presidential elections (and five of the past seven), the electorate has not only turned out the party ...