elections
Vladimir Putin Has Feelings, Presidential Win
Louis Peitzman · 03/04/12 05:27PM![](http://images.gawker.com/17ffofi52tmw7jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Vladimir Putin tearfully claimed victory in the Russian presidential election, giving him another six years in charge. But he'll have to face a fair number of fraud allegations and a growing protest movement that does not want to see a continued Putin presidency.
Time to Start Courting the Ghost Vote: 1.8M Dead People Still Registered
Caity Weaver · 02/14/12 08:05PMHow Much Fecal Matter and Lube Would It Take to Paint a 'Santorum' Sign with Santorum?
Maureen O'Connor · 02/10/12 04:30PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k19op4xh7ccjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
The above image of Rick Santorum came to Gawker's tips line with the subject line "santorum pictures (REAL!!!!)"
Let's Set Some Ludicrous Expectations for Mitt Romney Tonight
Jim Newell · 01/10/12 03:20PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1bbq53qej0jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Mitt Romney is going to win the New Hampshire primary tonight — but is he going to WIN it? See, it's no fun for political writers to simply declare a Mitt Romney victory a victory. What are we supposed to write about for the next year, if he just keeps winning every primary? Policy? Yeesh. And so Mitt Romney must contend with the "expectations game," in which folks with a vested interest in not seeing this primary season end sans hyperdrama come up with a random number that Romney must "hit" tonight, lest his campaign collapse entirely.
Republican Race Loses Easiest Target as Michele Bachmann Quits
Max Read · 01/04/12 11:18AM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1blz3syeuzjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Michele Bachmann, the magical flightless wish bird willed into existence by thousands of liberal bloggers, is no more. After a sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Bachmann announced on Wednesday that she would be suspending her campaign and returning to her homeland, Quadling Country in Oz.
Live: The Iowa Caucuses
Jim Newell · 01/03/12 08:02PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1bmiu3kx80jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Well here we are, first voting night of the presidential season, and CNN is already completely insane, playing with ludicrous pastel penis holograms while Wolf Blitzer meanders around looking for some anxious correspondent to appear on a garish outer space screen and say nothing. Only in Iowa!...?? Let's get this over with.
Stay Tuned for Our Maniacal Live Coverage of the Iowa Caucuses
Jim Newell · 01/03/12 06:04PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1bo421rtwdjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
The Gawker Political Desk will be covering the returns from Iowa tonight starting around 7:30 or 8. (Bad things happen if you start watching CNN's 80-person floppy muppet panel too early.) Pray to Allah for a Romney third-place finish!
Mean Old Pat Robertson Won't Share God's Hot Political Gossip
Jim Newell · 01/03/12 05:00PM1988 Iowa caucus runner-up Pat Robertson — that's still funny, isn't it? — is getting disturbingly cocky in his regular secret magical chit-chats with The Almighty these days.
Putin Clings to Victory as Russia's Voter Turnout Exceeds 146%
Seth Abramovitch · 12/04/11 09:15PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1daz57fwuujpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Perhaps that ad for Vladimir Putin's United Russia that turned a voting booth into a capsule sex hotel worked a little too well, as a record-setting 146% of the Russian electorate turned out for Sunday's parliamentary elections. (The figures pictured above are actually those of Rostovskaya Oblast, a region about 440 miles south of Moscow.)
Twitter Deeply Confused at 'Union Leader Endorses Gingrich' Headline
Max Read · 11/27/11 10:43AM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1dxg3zka82jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
The old trolls at the Manchester Union Leader—New Hampshire's largest paper—have endorsed Newt Gingrich in the state's upcoming Republican primary. But the pundits on Twitter still had questions! Questions like, who is the union leader who is endorsing Newt?
Random Man Wins Connecticut Election Thanks to a Typo
Seth Abramovitch · 11/23/11 10:37PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1e3999w807jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
The voters of Derby, Connecticut thought they were voting James R. Butler to a second term as head of the town's Board of Apportionment and Taxation, which oversees the budget. But someone on the Democratic Town Committee put the candidate's name down as James J. Butler — which happens to be the name of James R.'s 46-year-old son. Well, the good news is that James J. won! But the bad news is that he has no interest in politics, and voters thought they were voting for his 72-year-old father. Now no one has any idea what to do next.
Obama and Bieber in Manhattan Together Again, Suspiciously
Adrian Chen · 11/23/11 03:07PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1e48rqg6xljpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Justin Bieber and President Obama descend simultaneously on Manhattan tonight, for the second time in six moths. Coincidence… or conspiracy? Seriously: Has anyone ever seen Justin Bieber and Obama in the same room together?
Romney's First TV Ad Is, Like Romney, Boring and Wrong
Max Read · 11/21/11 11:37PMHere's Mitt Romney's first television ad! It is fantastic, in the sense that it manages to encapsulate, in the span of one minute, the entire Romney "brand": boring, wrong, nonspecific and slightly dishonest. (It's not so fantastic in the "at all engaging to watch" sense.)
Not Even Herman Cain's Millions Can Save Him Now
TPM · 11/11/11 01:15PMVote for Putin, While Getting Laid
Jim Newell · 11/10/11 01:56PMHere's a creepy sex video from Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, disguised as a get-out-the-vote ad. It shows two people sexing in a polling booth with the tagline, "Let's do it together." Well, this works, but perhaps the corollary would've been stronger: Don't vote, and get shot in the head by secret police.
Election Night 2011: Good News for Once
Max Read · 11/09/11 01:00AMMan Claims Poll Worker Bit His Nose
Jim Newell · 11/08/11 04:28PMThe Man Behind Arizona's Immigration Law Could Lose His Job Today
Jim Newell · 11/08/11 01:44PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1fjhloplbvjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Russell Pearce, the Arizona state senator who drafted the state's infamous "papers, please" immigration law last year and was rewarded with the title of Senate president, may, impossibly enough, lose his job today, in the first recall election of a sitting lawmaker in the state's history. Is Arizona finally getting its act together? Hmm.
What Dumb Stunts Are Defining Your Local Election?
Jim Newell · 11/07/11 02:31PM![](http://images.gawker.com/18k1flilvoge5jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Tomorrow, America heads to the polls for what will be the most important political day in our lifetime: The 2011 Elections. And after a whole 15 minutes spent googling "elections tomorrow," your Gawker Political Desk feels it has an expert grasp on all of the crucial decisions to be made. Let's check out some of the exciting last-minute campaign efforts of candidates across this sunny land!