Politics

November 14, 2008 - Facing South has reported on the changing political landscape of the South, arguing that with the social, economic, and demographic changes occurring across the region, there is a need for a new political strategy to address the South's emerging relevance. This relevance was shown in clear detail this month when the South helped to elect the the first African-American president of the United States.

November 13, 2008 - Stateline.org has a useful map looking at partisan power at the state level after the 2008 elections.

November 13, 2008 - A teacher at a North Carolina college filed a formal complaint with the Avery County Board of Elections after discovering some polling precincts posted inaccurate Spanish-language instructions for marking a ballot.

November 13, 2008 - Over the last week, there's been no shortage of punditry suggesting the 2008 election showed that the South is declining in political relevance, somehow out of step with the rest of the country's march to the left.

November 12, 2008 - One of the new faces elected to Congress this month is Florida Rep.

November 12, 2008 - As Timothy Noah at Slate and others have pointed out, President-elect Barack Obama didn't do great with white voters.

November 12, 2008 - There's a lot of astoundingly superficial and unhelpful analysis floating around about what the 2008 elections mean for the South.