Johnny Harris — How billionares stole America's elections

Billionaires Gone Wild

Understanding the oligarchs’ power grab and the dire threat to American democracy

How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government

The effort to prove the 2020 election "stolen" failed. Diehards remain undeterred.

Republican Sheriff Ordered to Return Thousands of Ballots He Stole

Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco reportedly stole more than half a million ballots.

"Rigged Election" Bingo

Spot the tropes before they spread. Recognize the common story elements behind election rumors — can you get BINGO?

Cambridge Analytica and the end of elections

The latest Cambridge Analytica leaks show just how compromised voting - one of the pillars of democracy - has become.

The Mississippi Plan of 1875

How white “redeemers” stole an election and why it matters before the 2026 midterms.

How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions

Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip-club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’

The Minimal Persuasive Effects of Campaign Contact in General Elections: Evidence from 49 Field Experiments

Significant theories of democratic accountability hinge on how political campaigns affect Americans’ candidate choices. We argue that the best estimate of the effects of campaign contact and advertising on Americans’ candidates choices in general elections is zero. First, a systematic meta-analysis of 40 field experiments estimates an average effect of zero in general elections. Second, we present nine original field experiments that increase the statistical evidence in the literature about the persuasive effects of personal contact tenfold. These experiments’ average effect is also zero. In both existing and our original experiments, persuasive effects only appear to emerge in two rare circumstances. First, when candidates take unusually unpopular positions and campaigns invest unusually heavily in identifying persuadable voters. Second, when campaigns contact voters long before election day and measure effects immediately—although this early persuasion decays. These findings contribute to ongoing debates about how political elites influence citizens’ judgments.

Here’s what happened when Brazil banned corporate donations in elections

In the wake of corruption scandals, Brazil banned corporate donations to electoral campaigns. This is what happened.

Election Rumor Rundown for October 13: Emerging rumors around voting machines and ‘ballot dumping’

DHS reports misconstrue vulnerabilities as having been exploited, “Ballot Dumping” in Valley Center misleadingly suggest mass voter fraud, and prediction markets already advertising election bettin…

Vaughn Palmer: Campaigns matter, and B.C.'s election history proves it

Vaughn Palmer: A columnist recalls the times election campaigns went sideways for the presumed leader

Ted Cruz campaign using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users

Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded in Republican’s campaign paid UK university academics to collect psychological profiles on potential voters

Who paid for this?

Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.

Tracking Harris and Trump’s Ad Spending on Facebook and Instagram

Meta’s Ad Library is free to use, and provides useful insights into how politicians and their campaigns are advertising on social media platforms.