On AlterNet: 2012 election

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "2012 election"

Mainstream Media Has It Wrong: Voter Registration Rates For People of Color Are Not Falling

Michael P. McDonald, Huffington Post. May 7, 2012.

The Washington Post and others are using bad statistics. If anything Hispanics are slightly up from 2006 and African-Americas are significantly up.

Ending Discriminatory Voter ID: Let’s Affirm The Right To Vote

Elise Helgesen, AlterNet. March 25, 2012.

As states toughen voter ID laws, progressives see a new response.

How Netanyahu Seeks to Change US Elections By Pushing War with Iran

Jesse Rosenfeld, AlterNet. March 14, 2012.

Although Obama has ruled out US participation in a strike against Iran before the election, Israel has already won by setting the lens that America sees the Middle East through.

The Cancer of Voter Suppression: The GOP's Silent Coup

Bill Fletcher, Jr., AFL-CIO. March 2, 2012.

Republican-led efforts in more than a dozen states are rolling back the 20th Century's civil rights gains.

Newt's Cinderella Return To Georgia, Super Tuesday's Most Delegate-Rich State

George Bauer, AlterNet. February 29, 2012.

The most pugnacious of the GOP presidential hopefuls returns to his roots to re-imagine his campaign.

Backfired! 4 Ways the Ohio GOP Tilts Voting Rules But Ends Up Helping Democrats

Jennifer Brunner, AlterNet. February 17, 2012.

When it comes to gaming voting rights, the Ohio GOP has become the gang that couldn't shoot straight.

Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections

Lee Fang, Republic Report. February 4, 2012.

Some of America's wealthiest Republicans flew into Palm Springs last weekend to update their stealthy political strategy for 2012.

The 20 Biggest Donors of the 2012 Election (So Far)

Dave Gilson, Gavin Aronsen, Mother Jones. January 10, 2012.

The 2008 presidential election was the most expensive on record, but this year's contest promises to break that record, due in part to the new rules of political fundraising.

Tea Party Jesus: Koch's Americans For Prosperity Sidles Up to Religious Right for 2012 Campaign

Peter Montgomery, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

David Koch's key operative, Tim Phillips, is moving to merge the religious right with the Tea Party movement -- just in time for the presidential race.

'The Worst Thing I've Ever Done': GOP Senator Ensign Admits Affair

Agence France Presse June 16, 2009.

Nevada Senator John Ensign, 51, who has a record of 'family-values' stances, has vowed to remain in office.