100 Years Ago—A Chaotic Presidential Election
How Roosevelt’s challenge to Taft split the Republican party and ensured victory for underdog Wilson.
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Tag Archives: political campaigns
Classic Art: Voting in America
Why did Norman Rockwell sketch himself in the voting booth? We have the answer and other intriguing historical election artwork.
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Voting Back in the Day
Memories of election night in small-town America.
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Campaign Gaffes
Romney’s recent “47 percent” comment evokes memories of a disastrous gaffe made by Goldwater in an interview with the Post.
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Classic Covers: Election
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Perhaps it does, but over the years, it has also made for great Post covers!
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Cartoons: Campaign Comedy
First it was the Republican Convention. Then the Democratic Convention. My fellow Americans, it is time for a Cartoon Convention!
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What True Grassroots Campaigns Looked Like
The way we choose our president has changed over the years. A 1903 Post article spells out dramatic shifts in voting laws from a different era.
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The Long Tradition of the Smear Campaign
We had a respectable election once, and the winner was George Washington. In a 1976 article, Jack Anderson pointed out that when the next election came around, the gloves were off and tar buckets filled.
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Campaigning With The Kingfish
Huey Long shows how it’s done by tickling voters’ sense of resentment, fear, envy, righteousness, and humor.
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How the Kingfish Helped Elect the First Woman Senator
Huey and Hattie shocked the political establishment in the 1930s with a campaign that prefigured today’s populist reaction.
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