Our work on the 2022 US midterms
Capturing Election Messaging Ahead of the 2022 Midterms
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Not Just Dance Videos: How Candidates are Using TikTok in the US Midterms
Amidst an already mixed and muddled information morass, this election cycle, a new social media platform has joined the US political information environment: Chinese-owned viral video app TikTok. Despite years of warnings from researchers and lawmak [...]
David Levine Discusses Poll Workers Threats Ahead of Midterms on WISN’s ‘Up Front’
David Levine discusses the dangers around rogue poll workers on WISN’s ‘UpFront’ and his guidance on how to vet poll workers. [...]
Laura Thornton in Daily Beast: Arizona Is ‘Ground Zero’ of America’s Democracy Crisis
Maricopa County, Arizona, has become a focal point for our crisis of trust in democratic elections. According to the Arizonans I met, the state is in a dangerous place, and Maricopa is in the eye of the storm—representing one of the largest voting [...]
Monitoring the Midterms: Michigan
Less than two weeks from Election Day, we continue to see false claims of widespread election fraud drive distrust of the electoral process and create real security challenges for election administrators. In Maricopa County, Arizona last Friday, two [...]
Midterm Monitor Report: October 20–26, 2022
The Midterm Monitor is an interactive tool that provides a snapshot of social media messages and narratives shaping the conversation around voting and election administration in the leadup to the 2022 midterm elections. The Midterm Monitor tracks so [...]
Midterm Monitor Analysis: Information Silos and Election Denial
Using our interactive tool, we examined posts by candidates for secretary of state and other offices. We found vanishing common ground when it comes to sources of information. The Midterm Monitor is a joint project of the Brennan Center and the Alli [...]