Former IVN editor. UC Berkeley graduate in Political Economy. Worked on data analysis and visualization software in Start Up Chile accelerator. Photographer, music blogger, and activist based in Santiago, Chile.
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Photo: Will Seberger Jeff Flake (R) won over Richard Carmona (D) by 6 percentage points tonight, with Flake carrying 51 percent of the vote, according to CNN. The Arizona race was closely watched, since the two candidates had been neck-and-neck at the polls up to Election Day. The Arizona Central
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Photo: Isaac Brekken In mid-October, IVN reported on the possibility that Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson could upset the vote in Nevada. Regardless of what Johnson pulls at the polls, either Obama or Romney will win the state. Both camps have spent a whopping amount of time and money to
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It's been a long, long road, but the big day has finally arrived: Election 2012. It has been a media frenzy to a near apocalyptic end, with so many important races to watch, but they warrant the attention. This election's lofty implications and expectations are a
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Photo: AZCentral.com This election has featured some extremely tight races, even in states that traditionally lean one way or another. This unpredictability has led to rampant campaign spending by both the Republicans and the Democrats, and races in Arizona are no exception. Ron Barber, former aid to Representative Gabrielle
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Photo: Lannie Waters The presidential hopefuls are getting help from big players in their respective parties in the next couple days. President Obama is relying heavily on the charisma of former President Bill Clinton in the last days of campaigning, particularly in states that remain most uncertain. This past week
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Photo: Chris Clark I’m not going to talk about abortion or, to use a Washington representative’s recent phrase, “that rape thing.” I’m not going to talk about percentages or numbers, herding women into corrals of data for candidates to pick at or divvy up. Women matter this
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With exactly one week left until Election Day, voters are scrambling for information and initiative campaigns and candidates are pushing to provide it. The California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University have released their final bi-monthly initiative survey series on the California Ballot Propositions before the election. 2115 likely California General
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Up until the last presidential debate, Americans had heard little about George W. Bush, even from Republican candidate, Mitt Romney. It wasn’t until recently that former President Bill Clinton started stumping for the Democratic Party and heavily endorsing President Obama in this election cycle. It seems that, despite a
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Women's issues such as abortion and birth control have become central, and polarizing, issues during this election cycle. However, there is a disturbing discrepancy between the large amount of attention these issues have received and the amount of input women have been able to give in mainstream media.
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Photo: FreedomHouse.org A ceasefire failed in Syria, although it was meant to allow for the observance of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha. The ceasefire, negotiated between rebel and government forces, broke down on Friday and the fighting has continued into the weekend. A death toll of 150 people was
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Photo: FreedomHouse.org A ceasefire failed in Syria, although it was meant to allow for the observance of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha. The ceasefire, negotiated between rebel and government forces, broke down on Friday and the fighting has continued into the weekend. A death toll of 150 people was
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Photo: @BarakObama This week, Obama supporters may have noticed a few additional e-mails in their inbox from the president. On Thursday, he announced his plans to travel to Chicago to cast his ballot. By the end of the day, the president accomplished his goal: "This afternoon, I voted in