by jpitney | Oct 19, 2024 | Elections, Public Service
Kim Wehlke at The Bulwark: In September, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, told CBS News: “We’re daily receiving threats, whether it’s through voicemails, emails, social media or in person,” including to her personally, “and it’s escalating. . ....
by jpitney | Oct 13, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
From Pew: About a third of U.S. adults say television is the most common way they get political and election news (35%), while roughly one-in-five each most commonly get it from news websites or apps (21%) or social media (20%). Smaller shares turn primarily to...
by jpitney | Oct 11, 2024 | Civic Education, Elections, Youth
Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024...
by jpitney | Jul 23, 2024 | California Politics, Elections
Dan Walters: Former President Donald Trump was preparing to depict Biden as a doddering old man, incapable of governing, but now he will likely face Harris, who is two decades younger. He must devise a new strategy to prevail in the half dozen or so swing states whose...
by jpitney | Mar 6, 2024 | Civility, Elections
Chris Stirewalt at The Dispatch: We could debate how much the Tea Party movement was astroturf (at least some) or how much of it was anti-Obama xenophobia (more than its defenders would like to admit), but there’s no doubt that people like [Ken] Buck were utterly...
by jpitney | Feb 3, 2024 | Elections, Journalism, Journalists
CMC alum Cameron Joseph at The Columbia Journalism Review The old saying “All politics is local” can officially be tossed in the dustbin of history. The local kingmakers and specific issues that used to dominate early-state primaries and caucuses don’t matter as much...
