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    Ignore the Bigger Picture at Our Peril

    OCTOBER 31, 2012 2:30PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: voting, third-party candidates, presidential election, voting decisions, undecided voters

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 740 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Getting Out the Vote 1964

    JULY 16, 2012 9:07AM

    By geezerchick


    Topics: politics, class, race, getting out the vote, babysitting, voting

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 3798 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    "Evil Is Coming In Through The Woman"

    MAY 10, 2012 9:46AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: feminism, women's rights, suffrage, vote, voting, evil, masculinity, femininity, jesse lee peterson, kirsten powers, sean hannity, bond, brotherhood organization of a new destiny

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 11424 Views
    • 80 Comments
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    Why Some Conservatives Vote Against Their Interests

    APRIL 5, 2012 8:32AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: social psychology and voting, “why won’t they listen?” someone’s wrong on the internet, new york times, william saletan, “even critics of safety net increasingly depend on it”, binyamin applebaum, “the righteous mind: why good people are divided by politics”, jonathan haidt, ki gulbranson, conservative contradictions, social psychology, voting, politics

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 3734 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Women Lead Defense of Maldivian Democracy (Updated)

    MARCH 10, 2012 11:56AM

    By profkeck


    Topics: politics, news, feminism, belief/religion, equality, women's rights, gayoom, dictator, democracy, waheed, elections, voting, human rights, contraception, protest, mohamed nasheed, coup, maldives, islam, extremism, muslim, international women's day, flogging, hillary clinton, condoleeza rice, michelle obama

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2691 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Can Occupy and the Tea Party Agree About Something?

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 12:29PM

    By Mark Sentesy


    Topics: economy, open+call, occupy america, ows, wall street, corporation, democracy, voting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5108 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    My Suffragette Grandmother

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 12:54PM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: feminism, elections, suffrage, voting, family, women's rights

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 941 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Today I Voted Proudly In Spite Of It All

    NOVEMBER 2, 2010 3:08PM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: voting, politics, polling place, midterm elections, midterms, rebecca kaplan, gavin newsom, gay/lesbian, i voted!

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 2204 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    The Brilliance of Oregon's Mail-in Ballot

    NOVEMBER 1, 2010 3:15PM

    By Just Thinking...


    Topics: election day, voting, families, polling place reports, ed norton, mail-in ballots, making voting easy, changing the voting system

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 611 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    Voice

    OCTOBER 25, 2010 7:31AM

    By Nick Weber


    Topics: political campaigns, civil privileges, early voting, voting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2166 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Year In Sanity: Rich Whitney, IL Gubernatorial Candidate

    OCTOBER 21, 2010 2:36PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: rich whitney, theyearinsanity, reporting the midterms, 2010 elections, 2010, midterms, democrats, republicans, illinois, chicago, politics, news, debates, third party, green party, independents, voting, media

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2513 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    The Rent is Too Damn High and other third party fun

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 2:14PM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: third parties, politics, government, voting, elections, crazy people

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1792 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    To Vote Or Not To Vote

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 1:59PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: corporate america, debt, student loan debt, health care, economic inequlality, president, 2008 election, 2010 elections, middle-class, wall street, gibbs, biden, obama, democrats, voting, election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1866 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    "One Nation" Event A Bit Disappointing, We Didn't March

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 9:48AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: unions, workers, jobs, washington d.c., lincoln memorial, tea party, beck, rally, one nation, one nation working together, education, environment, immigration, liberals, progressive, enthusiasm gap, obama, president obama, democrats, republicans, reporting the midterms, midterms, elections, voting, change, hope

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1848 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Movement to End Mountaintop Removal Raises Hell in D.C.

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 1:25PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, west virginia, mtr, mountaintop removal, change, president obama, obama, jobs, clean energy, energy, coal, activism, enthusiasm gap, voting, elections, reporting the midterms, news, politics, environment, environmental

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2248 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Enthusiasm Gap Haunts Democrats as November Nears

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 12:33PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, president obama, obama, hope, change, voting, gotv, fear, socialist takeover, muslims, sharia law, birth certificate, birthers, newt gingrich, sarah palin, glenn beck, tea party, gop, republicans, 2010 elections, midterm elections, reporting the midterms, progressives, liberals, democrats, enthusiasm gap

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1510 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    You Don't Have To Vote, But You Should Tell People You Did

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 1:15PM

    By Scott Christian


    Topics: social influence, politics, civic duty, slate, twitter, facebook, polls, voting, meg whitman, connected, social networks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1983 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    File Under Finally: Franken Wins

    JUNE 30, 2009 3:18PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: al franken, minnesota, senate, election 2008, politics, norm coleman, voting, election reform, voting rights, senator franken

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1151 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Mousavi Rallies Test Gov't Adherence to Constitution

    JUNE 16, 2009 9:41AM

    By J.E. Robertson


    Topics: khamenei, ahmedinejad, mousavi, voting, elections, rights, constitution, iran

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 810 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Electoral Obligations

    JUNE 3, 2009 5:49PM

    By Cymraeg


    Topics: voting

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