After the 2020 census, North Carolina gained a 14th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. This meant the Republican-led state legislature was able to redraw the House Congressional districts, …
Americans Care About Their Vote: A Student’s Perspective On Poll Working
By: Kimberly Brown Georgia State University With political polarization levels being higher than ever seen, citizens are divided on almost every belief: except voting. The patterns I saw …
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New strategies for avoiding electoral defeat: manoeuvre prior and after elections on the example of Turkey’s
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a practitioner of new authoritarian methods, initiated in the aftermath of the 2015 parliamentary elections a new concept of authoritarian exercise of power. In 2015, the Justice …
Is it Elon Musk, Twitter, or the Already Growing Populism in the US?
Blog Post The Case of Hunter Biden’s Laptop Elon Musk recently bought Twitter, a social media platform that has over 200 million users worldwide. After his purchase Musk announced a couple …
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White Christian Nationalists “ReAwaken” America
For a little bit over 20 minutes, he enlightened his followers on how to “Save This God-Given Republic” from enemies both foreign and domestic. After he finished his speech, he turned to the crowd and …
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Recent Election Leaves Brazil in Polarized State
https://globalvoices.org/2022/11/21/how-football-and-politics-are-intertwined-in-a-polarized-post-election-brazil/ The most recent Brazilian presidential election between leftist Luiz Inácio Lula …
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How Twitter’s Free Speech Policy for Populists Hurts American Democracy
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, Elon Musk officially closed his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media site Twitter. In the following weeks, he fired several of Twitter’s top financial and legal …
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Vox, Populism, and Polarization: A Potential Threat to Spanish Democracy
The rise of populist far-right parties in Europe threatens the continent’s democracies. These parties are dangerous not only because they threaten the political status quo but also because they employ …
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