Many Of Our Candidates Are Winning. But Do They Have An Advanced Policy For Economy Democracy?

by Carl Davidson | Sep 1, 2026 | Electoral Politics, Green Policy, Green Strategy | 0 comments

A small and largely unheralded event took place last week in Washington. H.R. 9931 — the American Manufacturing Renaissance Act — was introduced into the House of Representatives[1]. It arrived without fanfare, without a press conference, without the usual Beltway...

Not Too Soon to Start Planning for 2028

by Rick Greenblatt | Aug 23, 2026 | Electoral Politics, Green Strategy | 0 comments

Introduction Now is the time to start planning for the U.S. presidential election year of 2028 if you haven’t already begun. 2028 will be an election year (barring the unlikely but real possibility of a coup) with contests from the local to the national level. The...

How the Illinois Democratic Party Increases Voter Apathy

by Alexandria Keating-Sofiakis | Aug 9, 2026 | Electoral Politics, Green Strategy | 0 comments

I’m a firm believer in learning lessons from our past as a species so we may amend those mistakes going forward. One of these lessons is eloquently explained in videos such as “The July Revolution (1820 to 1830)” by Historia Civilis. This video describes democracy as...

Broken by Design: Why San Diego and Cities Across America Need Choice Voting

by Andrea St Julian | May 2, 2026 | Elections, Electoral Politics, Electoral Reform | 1 comment

Those of us who have spent years working toward a more just democracy understand something that most people learn only after years of frustration: the problem is rarely just the people in power. The problem is the system that puts them there and keeps them there. San...

Ballot Access in New York State: Three Times Harder than in Putin’s Russia’s

by Howie Hawkins | Mar 16, 2026 | Electoral Politics | 0 comments

It is currently nearly impossible for the Green Party of New York to place statewide candidates on the ballot and then enough votes for Governor or President to acquire ballot status. Green candidates for offices that are voted on statewide (President, US Senator,...

A Sobering but Hopeful Take on Mamdani’s Election

by Howie Hawkins | Feb 8, 2026 | Election Analysis, Electoral Politics | 0 comments

Editors’ Note: This article was originally published in New Politics, Winter 2026 (New Politics Vol. XX No. 4, Whole Number 80), https://newpol.org/issue_post/a-sobering-but-hopeful-take-on-mamdanis-election/. I do not share the euphoria of so many progressives...