As the state has increased its oppression, they have fought back with civility--leafleting, monitoring elections, building support for the idea of open politics even though two unfair elections last year have dampened immediate prospects for democracy.
In an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times, Bernie Sanders made a case for how progressives can stop losing elections, building on the message he delivered at last week's "People's Summit" in Chicago, where he declared the current model and strategy of the Democratic Party "an absolute failure".
Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit, blamed uncertainty over the outcome of the general election, with building firms pointing to delays in client budget setting and a reduced commitment to building projects.
Evidence of Russia's efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election is building.
"I am sure that what Tony Blair and Gordon Brown did before the 1997 election in building confidence with the business community was of enormous significance.
In the face of swingeing public service cuts and a forthcoming election, prison building continues, relentlessly filling every space and crevice within the existing estate.
As the mood grew uglier, the state minister for information, Tariq Azim Khan, was badly beaten by angry journalists as he was leaving the election commission building.
Some former Sanders supporters in attendance wondered aloud if he would have been the stronger general election candidate, building a decisive lead against Mr. Trump by now.
In 2008, Mr. Obama won the state's Democratic primary over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter to carry North Carolina in the general election by building a diverse coalition of voters.
It is noticeable that for all the Tory rhetoric during the election about building a "northern powerhouse" to rebalance the UK's Londoncentric economy, there is only one MP in David Cameron's new cabinet who actually represents anywhere in the north of England.
