Politics Feb 29 How Clinton won the black vote in South Carolina The spectacle of Democrats descending on states like South Carolina every four years to “court” the black vote has become a routine part of the primary process. But the highly public courtship involves a more complicated set of calculations on…
Politics Feb 27 Sanders supporters may soon have to choose between Clinton and Trump With Hillary Clinton poised to win by a wide margin in South Carolina and several other southern states on Tuesday, Sanders backers have started preparing themselves for the possibility of voting for Clinton in the general election in the fall.
Politics Feb 19 Why many voters in Sanders’ old Brooklyn neighborhood are backing Trump Some of the residents of Bernie Sanders’ boyhood New York neighborhood are proud of their fellow "Brooklyn boy," but they're not voting for him.
Politics Feb 19 At Supreme Court, voters weigh in on replacing Scalia Republican leaders have spent the last week arguing that Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court seat should be filled after the American people elect a new president. On Friday, voters had a chance to weigh in as the court opened its…
Politics Feb 15 Filling a Supreme Court seat in an election year happens more often than you think How unusual is it really to fill a Supreme Court vacancy during a presidential election year? As it turns out, several Democratic and Republican presidents have filled a vacancy on the nation’s highest court in the middle of a heated…
Politics Feb 09 My lunch with a zero percent candidate Despite Republican presidential candidate Jim Gilmore's dismal standing in the polls, the former Virginia governor remains fairly upbeat as he meets and greets New Hampshire voters today.
Politics Feb 09 The reason more young voters aren’t connecting with Clinton is obvious, and we’re missing it The youngest voters see Hillary Clinton through a different lens. For a college-age voter, the lion's share of the Clintons' many triumphs and failures took place in the distant past. That includes the Arkansas years, the health care and impeachment…
Politics Feb 09 5 things to know about the New Hampshire primary MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As voting starts this morning in the first-in-the-nation primary, Donald Trump appears poised to win the Republican contest, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders started the day with a commanding lead over Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side.
Politics Feb 01 What happens if you’re still undecided on caucus day? After being bombarded by months of ads and media coverage of the 2016 presidential election, eight voters showed up to this packed elementary school cafeteria in Des Moines, Iowa, without having made up their minds about who to support for…
Politics Feb 01 One homeschooled Christian family band’s mission to elect Ted Cruz KALONA, Iowa — Initially, Becky and Marlin Bontrager disagreed about the number of children they wanted to have. Becky says that she wanted six, while her husband was hoping for closer to four. They ended up with 10, all of…