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• Saturday Cartoons 9/1

  By TokyoSand on August 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Editorial cartoonists are amazing. How they distill our crazy, infuriating news cycle and turn them into an image that packs a serious punch is beyond me. Here’s how they tackled this week’s news. Which ones strike you the most? —>

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• How You Can Help Get Voters Registered in Virginia

  By TokyoSand on August 30, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  If winning the White House is one of your goals for 2020, then winning the Electoral College is how you achieve the goal. As much as I’d prefer that we go by a national popular vote, the fact remains that… Read More ›

• Multiple 2019/2020 Races See a Shake-Up

  By TokyoSand on August 29, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  After a quiet period, suddenly, a lot of 2020 races got a jolt. Here’s a quick roundup. Georgia Republican Senator Johnny Isakson (GA) announced he’d be resigning at the end of the calendar year. He’s been dealing with multiple health… Read More ›

• A Wisconsin Rep is Resigning: What Now?

  By TokyoSand on August 28, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  This is the season when we’re all on the lookout for House Representatives announcing that they’re retiring and not seeking re-election. But everyone’s ears perked up a bit when we learned that Republican Rep. Sean Duffy from Wisconsin was resigning,… Read More ›

• Let’s Talk About Faithless Electors

  By TokyoSand on August 27, 2019 • ( 7 )

  

  Isn’t more chaos in the presidential election just what you wanted? Well, thanks to the decision by the 10th Circuit last week, that may be what we just got handed. We use the popular vote for every single political race… Read More ›

• A Word About Republican Primary Challengers

  By TokyoSand on August 26, 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  This weekend, a second Republican announced that he was running to primary Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. I thought I should tell you all how I plan to cover these challengers at Political⚡Charge. I won’t be. Nope, I won’t… Read More ›

• Sunday Reading: Looking Into the 2020 Crystal Ball

  By TokyoSand on August 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Everyone wants to know what will happen in 2020, so election experts are looking at the information we already have to at least guess at the shape of the next election. Here are a few articles I found interesting, alarming,… Read More ›

• Saturday Morning Cartoons 8/24

  By TokyoSand on August 24, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s my roundup of the best political cartoons for the week, from the nation’s most celebrated editorial cartoonists. As always, let me know which ones strike you the most in the comments!   Greenland By Jim Morin, Miami Herald  … Read More ›

• How You Can Help Get Voters Registered in Arizona

  By TokyoSand on August 23, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  If winning the White House is one of your goals for 2020, then winning the Electoral College is how you achieve the goal. As much as I’d prefer that we go by a national popular vote, the fact remains that… Read More ›

• Did the Electoral College Just Get Upended?

  By TokyoSand on August 22, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  This is the twist that no one saw coming. What happened? The voices demanding that the Electoral College be abolished have been getting louder and louder of late, with many people preferring to go with a national popular vote to pick our presidents. That would take changing the Constitution, no easy feat. The National Popular […]

• Democrats Are Getting Serious About State Legislatures

  By TokyoSand on August 21, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  The 2010 elections were catastrophic for the Democrats. Not only did they lose the U.S. House, but they lost governorships, other state executive positions, and almost 700 state legislature seats. 2018 was the first year that we started to turn… Read More ›

• 2019 Elections: The Big November Races

  By TokyoSand on August 20, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  It may be an “off cycle” year, but there are a lot of elections happening on November 5! Here’s a roundup of the biggest elections in the fall. Be sure to put this in your calendar and share with your… Read More ›

• Stacey Abrams Tackles Voter Suppression

  By TokyoSand on August 19, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  I love it when Stacey Abrams is in the news because it usually means that more people become aware of the problems around voter suppression. And if they are aware, they might be more inclined to help curtail it. Modern… Read More ›

• Sunday Reading: On the Positive Side

  By TokyoSand on August 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This past week, I was drawn to articles about positivity. Here are a few that I think you might enjoy as well. El Paso Shooting: Hundreds Of Strangers Come To Mourn With Widower At Wife’s Funeral You may recall that… Read More ›

• Saturday Morning Cartoons 8/17

  By TokyoSand on August 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s my roundup of the best editorial cartoons for the week. Let me know which ones strike you the most! This Week in News By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution   By Darrin Bell, King Features syndicate   By Bob Rogers… Read More ›

• How You Can Help Get Voters Registered in North Carolina

  By TokyoSand on August 16, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  If winning the White House is one of your goals for 2020, then winning the Electoral College is how you achieve the goal. As much as I’d prefer that we go by a national popular vote, the fact remains that… Read More ›

• Deadline Alert for North Carolina!

  By TokyoSand on August 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Friday, August 16 is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming special elections in North Carolina on September 10. Two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are at stake. Check if you’re registered: I Will Vote… Read More ›

• Just Who Are These Voters Who Are Conflicted About Trump?

  By TokyoSand on August 14, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  There is a small but significant group of donors who are conflicted about Trump. It is a large enough group that we should look at who they are, as they could potentially sway the election. Just over 1 out of… Read More ›

• Voting Rights News Out of Texas

  By TokyoSand on August 13, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  With more and more stories coming out about just how much of a battleground Texas might be in 2020, I got curious about how voting rights are faring in the Lone Star State. ✦ The Texas Civil Rights Project filed… Read More ›

• Why is Iowa So Important?

  By TokyoSand on August 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You’ve likely seen news coverage of various 2020 presidential candidates hanging out in Iowa. Are you wondering why they’re always there? Well, Iowa is rather important to the presidential primary process. Why? Iowa is first. Back in 1972 (after a… Read More ›

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