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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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DC Citizens On the Verge of Major Campaign Finance Reform

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DC Citizens On the Verge of Major Campaign Finance Reform

A citizens’ movement has brought the city government in our nation’s capital to the verge of implementing a tested-and-proven-effective way of breaking the power of big money in politics and getting candidates to focus their attention on public, not private interests.

A Timely Pair of Reminders About People Power in America

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A Timely Pair of Reminders About People Power in America

Two very different stories this week, both involving young people, are reminders of the power each of us holds in the First Amendment and its guarantees of free speech and freedom of the press.

Politicizing the FBI

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Politicizing the FBI

President Trump apparently just can’t stop trying to politicize the FBI.

PA High Court Joins Movement for Fair Districts

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PA High Court Joins Movement for Fair Districts

It’s increasingly clear that courts across the country are ready to declare that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional and insist that political maps that allow voters to choose our elected officials, not permit officials to choose their voters.

Trump Payment May Have Broken Campaign Finance Law

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Trump Payment May Have Broken Campaign Finance Law

Did President Trump or someone close to him make an indirect and likely illegal contribution to his 2016 campaign to buy the silence of an “adult” film star?.

Court Rips NC Redistricting Plan as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander

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Court Rips NC Redistricting Plan as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander

North Carolina legislative leaders are doubling down on their investment in un-representative democracy this morning, appealing a scathing federal court decision that congressional districts they fashioned in 2016 are an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

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