Election 2018

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-13-18
  

  Who Gets the Last Word in a Disputed Senate Race? The Senate.

  That is because the Constitution says that the ultimate arbiter of who gets a Senate seat is the Senate itself — not election officials or the courts.

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• SOURCE: We're History
  11-13-18
  

  Midterms and Troops: The Bid to Save a Party that Led to the Wounded Knee Massacre

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  "The president sent soldiers to South Dakota, the largest movement of troops since the Civil War, in the midst of a midterm election campaign that looked bad for his party."

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11-4-18
  

  Democrats Aren’t Moving Left. They’re Returning to Their Roots.

  by Joshua Zeitz

  Many on both sides are worried about the party’s leftward swing. They say it’s a deviation from the mainstream. It’s not.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-8-18
  

  The president's party just suffered a historically big wipeout during a strong economy

  Measured against the strength of the economy, the GOP’s losses in the House mark the worst midterm results for a president's own party in at least a century, per Michael Cembalest, JPMorgan Asset Management’s chairman of market and investment strategy.

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• SOURCE: Youtube
  11-8-18
  

  Video of the Week: Historians on the 2018 Midterm Elections - An AHA Webinar

  National media have widely described the upcoming midterm elections as “historic.” Historians can provide unique perspectives on the outcome of these elections informed by a deep understanding of American political history.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-7-18
  

  The long, racist history of Florida’s now-repealed ban on felons voting

  In 1868, Congress had just forced Florida to rewrite its constitution to allow every man the right to vote, but adding thousands of newly eligible black residents to the rolls would abruptly make whites a voting minority. Combined with postwar laws that made it easy to saddle black residents with criminal records, a lifetime voting ban on anyone with a felony conviction legislators knew they could suppress black votes indefinitely.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11-7-18
  

  The Harsh Truth Exposed by the Midterm Elections

  by Peter Beinart

  It’s not Trump who is running uphill against American tradition, it’s the people who are trying—with mixed success—to stop him.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11-6-18
  

  Lyndon B. Johnson warned us about this

  by Julian Zelizer

  Less than 48 hours before the 1966 midterms, just like today, LBJ saw in the electorate a noxious mix of white anger, hatred and resentment.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11-5-18
  

  Wonder How Trump Will Handle Defeat? Don’t Bother with History.

  by Jeff Greenfield

  The behavior of other presidents who dealt with midterm rebukes won’t be much use.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-4-18
  

  The first midterm ‘wave’ election that ended Republican control of government

  In 1874, Democrats picked up an astounding 94 seats in the 293-seat House.

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• 11/15/18
  

  UPDATED 2018 Election: What Historians Are Saying

  Their tweets and retweets. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11-1-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: The dark history behind Trump's heated rhetoric

  by John Avlon

  CNN's John Avlon dives into the history behind much of President Trump's heated campaign trail rhetoric.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-24-18
  

  Why the 2018 midterms are just as important as 2016

  by Philip Klinkner

  Midterm elections are often as transformational and consequential as presidential elections.

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• 10/28/18
  

  Will Voters Trust Candidates Under 30?

  by Wallace Hettle

  We’re about to find out.

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• SOURCE: The Boston Globe
  10-23-18
  

  ‘Voter fraud’ is a myth that helps Republicans win, even when their policies aren’t popular

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  The myth of voter fraud persists only because it is ingrained in modern politics, after a decades-long effort by Republicans to portray Democratic votes, and especially African-American votes, as fundamentally suspect.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-24-18
  

  Should you worry about American democracy? Here’s what our new poll finds.

  76 percent of self-identified Republicans are satisfied with American democracy, compared with just 44 percent of Democrats and 39 percent of independents.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-23-18
  

  Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes

  by Frederick Knight

  Georgia, like many southern states, has suppressed black voters ever since the 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote in 1870. The tactics have simply changed over time.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-22-18
  

  It’s time to make Election Day a holiday — in law and spirit

  by Holly Jackson

  We need to bring back the celebratory atmosphere that animated Election Day in the 19th century.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  10-22-18
  

  Trump Is Hitting the Midterm Campaign Trail Hard

  History shows that doesn't always make a difference.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-16-18
  

  With a House Takeover, Democrats Could Get Trump’s Tax Returns

  Would they?