While the elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala will be yet another test of the Congress’s relevance in these states, the other Opposition parties also have a lot riding on the ...

Will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, retain power for a second consecutive term in Assam or will a fragmented opposition, led by the Congress, mount a ...

At-large districts may not a silver bullet, but they are one way to reduce polarization. Plus, a roundup of Monthly stories ...

In a rare moment of political convergence, parties that once viewed Kanshi Ram and his politics with suspicion are now invoking his name and organising events in his memory, reflecting both the ...

The TMC slightly increased its vote share from 44.91% in 2016 to 47.94% in 2021 and maintained its dominance in the Assembly, winning 211 seats in 2016 and 213 seats in 2021. The biggest change was ...

The Democratic Party of Illinois’ six-figure expenditure for mailers supporting state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz’s campaign comes ...

Trump has called the SAVE Act his top priority. But why? His commission found no widespread problem that needed solving.

Among the proposals is a provision to allow absentee ballots to be filed over the internet and to ban guns from polling places.

The following is an analysis from the University of Illinois Springfield Center for State Policy and Research.

Even the court’s conservative justices should have a hard time swallowing arguments that violate so many pillars of legal reasoning.

The measure has stalled in the Senate, but lawmakers in a dozen states have advanced bills with either proof-of-citizenship or voter ID requirements.

One critic claimed that the legislation will negatively impact ‘low-income voters, students, seniors, women, and Black and Brown Floridians’ ...