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Despite the loss of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential contest being met with much disappointment from Black women — 92% ...

The state’s previous congressional district map was struck down for diluting the votes of Black voters. Now, some Louisiana ...

Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...

There are at least three fairly consistent things that we see in midterms compared to presidential elections.— The turnout of eligible voters in midterms is consistently lower than the turnout in the ...

Wisconsin's April 1 election includes a high-stakes Supreme Court race and plenty of local offices, but a statewide referendum question on Wisconsin's voter ID law at the bottom of the ballot has ...

An old-fashioned, four-legged polling booth is on display in the lobby of the Salt Lake County clerk’s office. Its metal ...

Sears. Virginia’s first black woman lieutenant governor has Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R-VA) seal of approval and was on her way ...

Discover how organizations like Black Women Unmuted, ColorComm, and African Women in Media are supporting Black women ...

Alternative electoral systems—such as ranking systems or list-based proportional systems—could enhance representation in the ...

Lancaster city residents and activists demanded greater police accountability and the termination of several police officers ...

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...