Elections – Page 284 – People's World

Grassroots base organizing for Obama’s reelection

March 23, 2012 By Rick Nagin

"I'm tired of the disrespect for President Obama," Elaine Price told the cheering convention participants.

Illinois set to be battleground for Congressional seats in November elections

March 22, 2012 By John Bachtell

There are at least five battleground races that could help restore a Democratic majority.

Walker allies lose grip on Wisconsin Senate

March 19, 2012 By John Wojcik

One of the GOP state senators under recall here, Pam Galloway (claiming a family health problem) resigned this weekend, wiping out the Republican majority and leaving that chamber split 16-16.

All hail the (German) chief

March 19, 2012 By Victor Grossman

It's hard to decide: which article on Germany's new president, East Germany's (the former German Democratic Republic's) pastor Joachim Gauck, was more misleading.

Labor raising an “army of 400,000” for the 2012 elections

March 16, 2012 By John Wojcik

"At stake is nothing less than our democracy itself. What the labor movement intends to do is magnitudes greater than anything we have ever done in an election before."