Jonn Elledge

Jonn Elledge

Jonn Elledge is newstatesman.com's US elections blogger
email: jonnelledge@googlemail.com

Articles by Jonn Elledge

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Putting the fun in fundamentalism

  • 06 November 2008
  • 5 comments

Ahead of packing up his bags in the wake of the Barack Obama victory, Jonn Elledge treats himself to a unique piece of Americana - a visit to Kentucky's Creation Museum

Disappointment can wait

  • 05 November 2008
  • 2 comments

The world outside had collapsed into a spontaneous street party. Cars were hooting, people were yelling, and the crowd was spilling into the road. Jonn Elledge on the scenes in Washington

Eve of the Election

  • 04 November 2008

Jonn Elledge attends an Obama rally in North Carolina filled with passionate and unlikely Democrats.

Animosity and Shenanigans

  • 04 November 2008

To say the parties don't trust each other is akin to describing the Antarctic as 'a bit nippy'.

Political Losers

  • 04 November 2008

By abandoning the states it can't win, the campaign hopes to boost its chances in those it can.

Purple America

  • 04 November 2008
  • 1 comment

Jonn Elledge meets the people behind the "Rednecks for Obama" banner, showing that America is a purple country.

Overheard in North Carolina

  • 03 November 2008

Indiana's quandary

  • 03 November 2008

McCain's made it difficult for Republicans in farming states like Indiana who resent his voting record in Washington DC

Barack the Vote

  • 31 October 2008
  • 1 comment

Items for sale in Chicago proclaim 'Obama is my homeboy', 'Barack the vote' and 'Bros not hoes'.

Sweet, crazy people

  • 30 October 2008
  • 2 comments

One woman explains at great length to my photographer global warming is a scam made up by wicked Democrats. 'You know Lake Erie used to be a glacier. Nobody minded when that melted,' she says.

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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