New Voters, New Values

New Voters, New Values
"Women, Latinos, African Americans, and the 
young don’t believe what older white men believe. Their views fueled Obama’s victory and may portend a new Democratic majority."

Blacks, Hispanics Waited Almost Twice As Long To Vote As Whites In 2012

Blacks, Hispanics Waited Almost Twice As Long To Vote As Whites In 2012: During the November 2012 election, Black and Hispanic voters waited nearly twice as long to vote as whites, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis. New York Times graphs summarizing the analysis show that white voters waited an average of 12.7 minutes, while Black and Hispanic voters waited an average of 20.2 minutes: Long lines in several [...]/p

Study: Republican Gerrymandering Cost Democrats 1.7 Million Votes In Just 7 States

Study: Republican Gerrymandering Cost Democrats 1.7 Million Votes In Just 7 States:  Republicans so effectively gerrymandered congressional maps before the 2012 election that Democratic House candidates would need to win the national popular vote by over 7 points in order to win back the House. Last November, the American people preferred Democratic House candidates to Republican House candidates by almost 1.4 million votes, [...]/p

Joe Scarborough: Republicans Only Kept House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering

Joe Scarborough: Republicans Only Kept House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering: MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough admitted on Sunday that Republicans only kept their majority in the House of Representatives as a result of gerrymandering, noting that the GOP received less votes than Democrats in the 2012 election. Scarborough argued that Republicans must prevent radical ultra-conservative voices from dominating the party’s message and [...]/p

5 Ways GOP Tried to Subvert Democracy in 2012 -- And They'll Try Again | Alternet

5 Ways GOP Tried to Subvert Democracy in 2012 -- And They'll Try Again | Alternet
"Creating barriers to voting, demonizing communities of color, attacking voting rights laws and their defenders, unleashing billionaires who financed candidates like an extreme sport, and hiding corporate donors behind opaque front groups—these were the chapters in the Republican Party’s electoral playbook in the 2012 election cycle."

5 Biggest GOP Mess Ups | Alternet

5 Biggest GOP Mess Ups | Alternet
"What Republicans got wrong in 2012."

PERRspectives: Romney "Had No Desire" to Be President

PERRspectives: Romney "Had No Desire" to Be President
"At the end of the day, Mitt Romney didn't care about half the voters; certainly not enough to tell them the truth."

President Obama Raised More Military Donations Than Mitt Romney

President Obama Raised More Military Donations Than Mitt Romney: President Obama beat Mitt Romney in donations from active and former military donors this past election cycle. The new information comes from the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit, money in politics watchdog that tracked donations from military members throughout the presidential campaign. Throughout the presidential campaign, Republicans claimed that the President was anti-military. Some, [...]/p

Lie of the Year: Romney's Jeep, Jobs and China Claim

Lie of the Year: Romney's Jeep, Jobs and China Claim
"Congratulations to Rove, Fox News, and Mitt Romney! They've received an honor which finally matches the recipient: Lie and Liars of the year."

GOP Gerrymandering Delivers Disproportionate Representation

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Republicans Continue to Spin Election Results to Claim Obama Lacks Mandate | Right Wing Watch

Republicans Continue to Spin Election Results to Claim Obama Lacks Mandate | Right Wing Watch
"While Obama had a larger popular vote and Electoral College margin than George W. Bush, who claimed to have a mandate after he won re-election in 2004, now Republicans keep insisting that Obama doesn’t have a mandate because his election victory was too thin a margin. For example, while Dick Morris predicted that Mitt Romney would win a 325 electoral vote “landslide,” he then said Obama’s 332 electoral vote victory was merely a “squeaker."."

POLL: Key Voters Rejected Romney Because Of His Far-Right Stance On Women’s Health Issues

POLL: Key Voters Rejected Romney Because Of His Far-Right Stance On Women’s Health Issues: Early exit polling from last month’s presidential election suggested that majorities of voters in key states support legal access to abortion services, and a new poll released today confirms that women’s health issues were a decisive factor in helping voters decide between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Post-election polling conducted by Hart Research Associates and [...]/p

Florida Rejects Christian Slater’s Ballot

Florida Rejects Christian Slater’s Ballot: Film star Christian Slater live-tweeted his nightmarish voting process in Florida on Election Day. Even as a celebrity, Slater had to endure the same hours-long lines as other Florida voters. Once he finally made it to the front of the line, Slater was told his DMV registration was out of date and he had to [...]/p

Yup, Romney couldn't get out of mid-40s in battlegrounds

Yup, Romney couldn't get out of mid-40s in battlegrounds
"Seriously, the more we dig into the numbers, the more dominant Obama's victory looks."

Barack Obama '51 percent watch': Romney leads the EV in states that have finished counting!

Barack Obama '51 percent watch': Romney leads the EV in states that have finished counting!
"Obama's popular vote lead is now 4,501,774 votes, or 3.52 percent."

GOP on post- election course correction

Rachel Maddow reports on what Republican leaders are saying they learned from the GOP's major 2012 losses, and what Republican lawmakers are actually doing that completely contradicts the rhetoric from the beltway.

Lone Republican Still Gunning for Romney Victory | Alternet

Lone Republican Still Gunning for Romney Victory | Alternet
"One Idaho state lawmaker is still in denial over election results and would like to see states challenge the legitimacy of Obama’s reelection."

Ousted Florida Republicans, including ex-Gov. Crist, say voter suppression was state GOP's goal

Ousted Florida Republicans, including ex-Gov. Crist, say voter suppression was state GOP's goal
"The former chairman of the Florida Republican Party and former Gov. Charlie Crist, along with two of the party's consultants, say the Grand Old Party curtailed early voting in the state for the express purpose of reducing turnout by Democrats."

Mitt Romney '47 percent watch': 47!

Mitt Romney '47 percent watch': 47!
"So what drama is left? Well, if Obama surpasses 51 percent, he'll be just the fourth president in the last 100 years to do so twice, and the last since Ronald Reagan. That shouldn't be a problem given what's left to be counted."

Romney's 47 Percent Chickens Come Home to Roost

Romney's 47 Percent Chickens Come Home to Roost
"As the final 2012 vote tallies come in from all over the country, it's clear that Barack Obama didn't just squeak by, but will win by over three percentage points, leaving Mitt Romney with 47 percent of the popular vote."