“Kamala is Brat,” Dark Brandon, childless cat ladies—they’re almost as well known as this year’s presidential candidates themselves. While these and other examples of memes are a source of ...

As we collectively wait for the polls to close and the results of the 2024 presidential election, we’re finding a reprieve in the good ole’ Internet. On X, Instagram, and TikTok people are jumping ...

Rowan Ashley Smith has often been described as "a multi-hyphenate about town." He loves work that connects him to his cultures as a gay, Jewish, multiracial trans man. Before breaking into journalism, ...

Election Day 2024 is here, and while we’re all anxiously awaiting the results, the memes are already delivering some much-needed comic relief. With so many people glued to the polls, Twitter and ...

Almost immediately after the UK general election was called on May 22, the meme war began. Social media campaigns from both the Labour and Conservative parties shared hundreds of memes, from Labour’s ...

The 2020 presidential election has been anxiety-inducing to say the least. At the this article is being published, Joe Biden has garnered 238 electoral college votes, while President Trump has 213, ...

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the midterm elections, and people are comparing their feels for the 2018 election to their emotions leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Some very ...

As Australia begins voting in the federal election, we’re awash with political messages. While this of course includes the typical paid ads in newspapers and on TV (those ones with the infamously fast ...

Perhaps you’ve heard — maybe even on this show — that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to supercharge mis- and disinformation in our elections. A bad actor could use AI tools to ...

Memes making the rounds on social media are celebrating Oklahoma as the "perfect state" after President-elect Donald Trump received the majority of votes in every county. Even Oklahoma Gov. Kevin ...

The US election showed shades of the meme-stock mania of early 2021. Elon Musk and Mark Cuban featured, traders bet big, and young men played key roles. An analyst said that "the target list has grown ...

A pro-Trump Twitter influencer was found guilty of election interference for memes shared around the 2016 presidential election. Douglass Mackey, 33, better known by his online handle Ricky Vaughn, ...