Midterm Elections 2018

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The midterms had record voter turnout. Should Snapchat get credit?

My partner’s arms are longer than mine, so, on election day this year, I made him take the #IVoted selfie. …

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Russian operatives apparently did not hack the midterm elections

Who needs election hacking when you’ve got Trump?Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Rachel Kraus2018-11-13 17:24:35 UTC The call is coming…

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Youth voter turnout spiked during the midterm elections

When making sense of the youth voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elections, there’s good news, bad news, and some…

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Pornhub traffic in Washington DC skyrocketed on election night

Good job everyone: Americans took a break from looking at porn long enough to watch the midterm erection election results…

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Kim Davis, Kentucky clerk who refused same-sex marriage licenses, loses re-election bid

Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for defying a court order to issue marriage licenses…

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Beto O’Rourke dropped the f-bomb on live TV and people love it

Beto O’Rourke’s f-bomb will be heard around the world.Image: Eric Gay/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Johnny Lieu2018-11-07 06:20:13 UTC It wasn’t Beto O’Rourke’s…

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Lurking John King is the best part of CNN’s election coverage

Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Chloe Bryan2018-11-07 04:21:10 UTC John King wowed CNN viewers on election night with his deft…

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The New York Times’ election needle is broken and people are jonesing hard

The New York Times‘ election needle failure may be the healthiest possible outcome for our collective mental health. The infamous…

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This election night Photoshop battle imagines wild political agendas

Election night 2018 has only just begun in earnest, but the memes are already here. Among them, unsurprisingly, is a…

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Demi Lovato returns to social media with a photo from the polls

Demi Lovato is back on Instagram, and she has a message. The singer was hospitalized in July for a drug…