Video: Elections 2012

'The Way Americans Like to Do It': What Voting Looked Like in 1944

November 5, 2012 | From a voting booth in small town California to a victory celebration in Times Square, an archival film celebrates American democracy in action. More

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Animated GIFs and the Election

What Twitter Tells Us About Voters

Kids React to the Election

How the Gregory Brothers 'Songify' the Debates

Visualizing the Language of the Debates

Stephen Colbert's Lawyer on Super PACs

60 Years of Presidential Attack Ads

The Melting 'Middle Class' Ice Sculpture at the RNC

The Anger Behind the Story

Romney's Debating Strengths and Weaknesses

The Atlantic's September Cover Shoot

The Republican 'Superhero Primary'

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Tuesday in November (1945) An archival film celebrates American democracy in action.

Animated GIFs and the Election PBS Idea Channel investigates the role the little video loops have played in the political conversation.

What Twitter Tells Us About Voters A video from Now This News and researchers at Bluefin Labs reveals insights about prospective voters.

Kids React to the Election The hit YouTube series 'Kids React' collects adorable sound bites about the cadidates, their campaign ads, and more.

How the Gregory Brothers 'Songify' the Debates The YouTube stars pull an all-nighter to remix political soundbites into an entertaining musical number.

Visualizing the Language of the Debates A playful interactive app analyzes the presidential debates in real time.

Stephen Colbert's Lawyer on Super PACs Trevor Potter tells James Bennet how campaign finance went bad after Citizens United.

60 Years of Presidential Attack Ads A revealing montage of six decade's worth of negative campaign ads

The Melting 'Middle Class' Ice Sculpture at the RNC A "temporary monument" to America's struggling middle class

The Anger Behind the Story Ta-Nehisi Coates explains the feelings behind his article "Fear of a Black President."

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