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Seismic shift seen in Florida Cuban American vote

November 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Despite winning the gubernatorial race in Florida last week, exit polling shows that Gov. Rick Scott lost Cuban-Americans to his Democratic opponent, 50 to 46 percent.

The fog that blinded the electorate

November 7, 2014 By Rick Nagin

There were local and geographical peculiarities, but when an election was as uniformly one-sided as this one was, deeper explanations are required.

New York Working Families Party pulls through difficult election night

November 7, 2014 By David Mirtz

"There's no way around it, losing the Senate is a tough blow for all of us hoping to see a progressive agenda enacted."

Trumka: Voters said they were “desperate” for new economic life

November 6, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

"The fact of the matter is that people are disillusioned by endless political bickering and eyed these elections with great dispirit."

Midterms 2014: high anxiety and low turnout

November 6, 2014 By PW Editorial

Democrats faced a bleak day-after with the Republican takeover of the Senate and resounding GOP victories on the state level.