Charles M. Blow writes for the New York Times: “If more Americans — particularly young people and less-wealthy people — went to the polls, we would have a better functioning government that actually reflected the will of the citizenry. “But, that’s not the way it works. Voting in general skews older and wealthier, and in Read more …
Women are still drastically underrepresented in government, despite the hard work that groups like NOW have done to get women elected.
Lauren Rankin writes for Salon: “Now it seems that celebration may have been shortsighted. McAuliffe will reportedly reappoint current Gov. Robert McDonnell’s health secretary Dr. William Hazel Jr. as his own. And in so doing, McAuliffe, a Democrat who r…
Jonathan Martin writes for The New York Times: “After months of deliberating over how to better appeal to Hispanic and other minority voters, some Republicans believe their party is overlooking another dire demographic challenge: women.”
Chris Cillizza writes for The Washington Post: “We offered our six major takeaways from the Election 2012 Tuesday night on The Fix. And, we noted this morning that the tea party had a rough night. But, with an entire night’s beauty sleep in our rearview…