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Democracy in 2026: What You Should Be Watching

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Democracy in 2026: What You Should Be Watching

With the midterm elections looming, the news cycle is about to become a partisan whirlwind. The real threats to democracy – the ones that will significantly impact your life – risk getting buried in chaos.

That’s why we compiled the top 5 democracy trends Common Cause is monitoring in 2026, and what we’re doing about them.
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Remembering Dwight Cramer

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Remembering Dwight Cramer

Dwight Cramer has been a member of our volunteer corps, the Washington Connection, since the early 1980s. Dwight joined Common Cause in 1974 while in Taiwan in the foreign service and starting coming in as a volunteer several years later after retiring.

Remembering Craig Barnes

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Remembering Craig Barnes

Craig Barnes, Common Cause National Governing Board member and lifelong activist for democracy and social justice, has passed away.

Three big democracy wins

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Three big democracy wins

Democracy just won big at the ballot. Help us share the good news!

What Ohioans Need to Know About Issue 1

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What Ohioans Need to Know About Issue 1

Common Cause Ohio’s Catherine Turcer breaks down Issue 1 on Columbus’s Sunny 95 radio.

WI GOP seeks access to unlimited secret money, end to nonpartisan oversight

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WI GOP seeks access to unlimited secret money, end to nonpartisan oversight

Today, our State Assembly votes on legislation to both dismantle Wisconsin's nonpartisan Government Accountability Board (GAB), and significantly expand the corrupting influence of out-of-state, secret cash in our elections. The State Senate is expected to do the same next week.

NEW ANALYSIS: Small Donors in the 2016 Presidential Election

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NEW ANALYSIS: Small Donors in the 2016 Presidential Election

With 2016 presidential candidates filing new third quarter campaign finance reports with the Federal Elections Commission, Common Cause completed an analysis of the percentage of small donors (those who give $200 or less) among the donors of the candidates.

Is Change Here To Stay?

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Is Change Here To Stay?

Of course I was thrilled this past April when the Federal Communications Commission indicated it was leaning against approval of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.

The Right To Vote: An American Issue

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The Right To Vote: An American Issue

Presidential candidate Jeb Bush said yesterday that there’s been “dramatic improvement” in access to voting since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 and that there’s no need to support reauthorizing the law “as is.”

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