Tag: Elections
Every four years, the airwaves are saturated with pundits, pollsters, and political scientists trying to predict who will be America’s next president. Most of them fail as often as they succeed, lost in the endless swings of campaign drama, poll fluctuations, and media noise. And then there’s Allan Lichtman, a distinguished political scientist at American […]
Remember how we said the midterm elections were “meh“? Well, it seems that New Yorkers agree, with 2014 bringing the lowest voter turnout for a New York midterm election since the 1970s, according to the New York Post. That’s the lowest voter turnout since the state started taking accurate tallies for this race. Of the […]
While we in the United States are accustomed to choosing between Democratic, Republican, and maybe an unlikely handful of Libertarian or Green candidates for political office, Australian voters faced a list that was more like a fast-food menu for their recent September 7 election. Beyond the Labor, Liberal, and Green party politicians that make up […]
Just like other New Yorkers, documented immigrants living legally in NYC pay municipal taxes and boost our economy. So why shouldn’t they be allowed to vote? This is the logic behind a new bill proposed by Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm that would let non-citizens who have lived in the city for over six months participate […]
