In 2024, political violence against Black women is a big threat Nadia E. Brown - March 18, 2024 Women’s History Month is good time to thank our Black women in office – and keep them safe.
Florida is juggling an election — and Hurricane Ian clean-up Peter Miller and Kevin Morris - October 20, 2022 Officials may be tempted to consolidate polling places. Our research finds that that reduces voting.
State judges tend to uphold their own party’s redistricting maps Teena Wilhelm - May 3, 2022 That’s especially true for elected Republican judges when lawsuits allege partisan gerrymandering
What do Manchin and Sinema want? Neilan S. Chaturvedi - January 26, 2022 ‘Moderate’ senators have to satisfy both red and blue voters. But Democrats can still reach them.
Sen. Manchin’s Freedom to Vote Act would help stop gerrymandering, our research finds Peter Miller and Anna Harris - January 9, 2022 We examined new district maps, and found that those drawn by independent commissions would be most likely to pass the Manchin test
The new census numbers kicked off redistricting. That’s even more complicated than you may realize. Sara Sadhwani, Rowan McGarry-Williams, Noah Kim, and Deanna Han - August 24, 2021 Here are four things to know.
How Congress is pushing back against Trump’s unprecedented use of emergency powers Elizabeth Goitein - September 24, 2020 Unless the laws change, future presidents are more likely to exploit emergency powers, now that Trump has ended the tradition of restraint.
Citizens United turns 10 today. Here’s what we’ve learned about dark money. Abby Wood - January 21, 2020 The Supreme Court believed it wouldn’t lead to corruption. What’s the verdict?
Want to reform campaign finance and reduce corruption? Here’s how. Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner - October 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31333" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Bea Wiharta/Reuters)[/caption] The Monkey Cage often
Do Voter Identification Laws Depress Turnout? (Redux) John Sides - October 3, 2011 A new Brennan Center study -- which is getting front-page
Estimating the Cost of Campaign Advertising: A Cautionary Note - April 28, 2008 The other day I noted the contributions that the Brennan
Negative Advertising – The Gift That Just Keeps On Giving - April 24, 2008 Televised campaign ads live two lives. First, there are the
The Washington Post Glosses Over Good Research on Voter Identification Laws John Sides - December 25, 2007 In this Washington Post article, Robert Barnes writes: bq. Both