election

Democracy around the world looking healthier
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2022
More than a decade ago, scholars began pointing to a troubling global trend: a “democratic recession.” Dozens of countries were drifting away from dem...
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Donald Trump’s political death wish
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Dec 07, 2022
What is former President Donald Trump thinking? On Saturday, he posted this statement on his social media network, Truth Social: “So, with the revelat...
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Mastriano supporters won’t drop their challenges
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Dec 06, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Doug Mastriano got whooped in his attempt to be Pennsylvania’s next governor. The Republican state senator from Franklin County didn...
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Pa. still didn’t pull off error-free election
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Nov 18, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Three months ago, as campaign season heated up, I lamented how Pennsylvania just can’t seem to hold an error-free election. While th...
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Mergers may be wave of future
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2022
The Nov. 8 election mostly was about big statewide elections and control of Congress. But it also featured a local election that could help improve lo...
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Trump obsession clouds midterm analysis
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Nov 16, 2022
Remember when the conventional wisdom was that abortion would be a huge issue in the midterm elections? Then the election came, and a lot of data poin...
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How Mastriano can back up his concession pledge
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Nov 15, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — His prayers unanswered, Republican Doug Mastriano finally conceded on Sunday night that he lost Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial electio...
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How the red wave became a pinkish ripple
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 13, 2022
Given that the midterms failed to generate the unambiguous Republican triumph that many conservatives expected, it is natural that we ask the question...
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Many political eyes on Pennsylvania today
News, PA State News
IVEY DeJESUS PennLive 
Nov 08, 2022
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is one of the leading battlegrounds in today’s midterm elections with several competitive races that stand to tip the balanc...
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Get ready for election month as denialism spreads
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Nov 07, 2022
Don’t expect to learn the results of this year’s midterm contests on election night. Just as in 2020, we’re in for a drawn-out election week, followed...
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Why do so many Pa. voters wait to vote by mail?
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Nov 04, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — It’s human nature to do things at the last minute. You don’t get your car inspected until just before the old inspection expires. Yo...
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RTS: VOTE 411
Round the Square
Nov 03, 2022
VOTE 411. Election information is useful this close to voting. The nonpartisan group, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, has an excellent resourc...
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