Elections

⇐ newest Page 3 of 8 oldest ⇒

  • Ballots and bombs in Baghdad

    The capital is in virtual lockdown as insurgents spread intimidation and fear. The biggest question in Iraq: Is voting worth dying for?
    By Jill Carroll January 29, 2005

  • After Nov. 2

    Table Talkers weigh in this week on post-election emotions and the next four years.
    November 12, 2004

  • Election Day ... and beyond

    Table Talkers weigh in on the big day, and how they're facing the aftermath.
    November 5, 2004

  • Busted for "aggressive protection"!

    I don't care what the Colorado D.A.'s office tells you, I was sweet as pie! Part 2 of an Election Protection volunteer's story.
    By Ayelet Waldman November 2, 2004

  • Fun and games in Florida

    Are voter mishaps in the Sunshine State a Republican plot, a Democratic scheme or just pure abject incompetence?
    By Farhad Manjoo October 29, 2004

  • Too much ado about Iowa

    In an election as close as this one, does the "smart crowd" behavior in electronic markets really mean anything?
    By Farhad Manjoo October 27, 2004

  • Kicking it to the curb

    A president or a cookbook, what needs to go? Also, can kindness be mandated?
    October 22, 2004

  • Seeing red in Florida

    Four years after the biggest voting debacle in U.S. history, many suspect that GOP officials in the crucial state are planning dirty tricks again.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 15, 2004

  • Burqas and ballots

    In one of the most male-dominated nations on earth, Afghan vice presidential candidate Shafiqa Habibi doesn't play second fiddle to anyone.
    By Ann Marlowe October 8, 2004

  • In polls we trust?

    Bush leads by 10 points. No, wait, Kerry's up by 5. No, Nader's on top! OK -- that's not true, but in the ever crazier world of election polls, who knows what's next?
    By Farhad Manjoo October 6, 2004

  • Does George Bush even know what science is?

    A new political advocacy organization, Scientists and Engineers for Change, is pretty sure the answer is no. And so they're going on the warpath.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski September 30, 2004

  • The Iowa Electronic Markets are still going for Bush

    Election-predicting traders are betting not just on a narrow Republican victory, but a landslide. What's behind the Bush bubble?
    By Farhad Manjoo September 29, 2004

  • The stock market is voting for Kerry

    When the market goes down, incumbent presidents tend to lose. It's down now, and headed further south.
    By Carol Vinzant September 29, 2004

  • The Cowardly Broadcasting System

    CBS cravenly killed a "60 Minutes" segment about Bush's deceptive case for invading Iraq. What did it contain that was too much for voters to see?
    By Mary Jacoby September 29, 2004

  • How the Internet turned everyone into James Carville

    Thanks to the Net, we've all got access to poll numbers, fundraising figures and endless political gossip -- and we all know exactly what the candidates need to do to win.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 28, 2004

  • The smile vs. the scowl

    The Edwards-Cheney debate will offer one of the starkest contrasts since Clay fought Liston.
    By Tim Grieve July 7, 2004

  • Pork bellies or the presidency: The market will choose

    Salon's reporter puts his own money on the line, betting that an Iowa futures market holds the key to the White House.
    By Farhad Manjoo June 29, 2004

  • The year the GOP turned right

    When Teddy Roosevelt lost the 1912 election, the Republicans started down the road that led to George W. Bush.
    By James Chace May 5, 2004

  • Nader's nadir

    Even many of his former allies don't support maverick Ralph Nader's presidential bid. And more mainstream Democrats aren't just mad -- they're apoplectic.
    By Eric Boehlert February 21, 2004

  • Enter the ayatollahs

    Will Iraq turn into an Iranian-style theocracy or a more tolerant Muslim state? As zero hour for America's grand experiment approaches, Shiite leaders hold the key.
    By Jen Banbury January 30, 2004

  • Howard Dean's fatal system error

    The Democratic candidate generated waves of money and enthusiasm via the Net, but his dot-com boom went bust in Iowa.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 21, 2004

  • Bad grades for a voting-machine exam

    Riverside County, Calif., invited citizens to observe a test of its computerized voting systems. One participant was not impressed.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 15, 2003

  • An open invitation to election fraud

    Not only is the country's leading touch-screen voting system so badly designed that votes can be easily changed, but its manufacturer is run by a die-hard GOP donor who vowed to deliver his state for Bush next year.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 23, 2003

  • Arrogant Arnold or capable Cruz?

    The giggle factor might propel a Jesse Ventura wannabe into management of the world's sixth-largest economy.
    By Robert Scheer August 27, 2003

  • Letters

    Readers sound off on Dems targeting Bush as a "phony," and why the DLC is looking like a disaster in '04.
    August 2, 2003
⇐ newest   Page 3 of 8    oldest ⇒
Salon Directory › e › Elections (197 stories)

From Salon's blogs