About Jenny @jennymarder
Jenny Marder is a senior science writer for NASA and a freelance journalist. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and National Geographic. She was formerly digital managing editor for the PBS NewsHour.
Jenny’s Recent Stories
Nov 03
Trump wins West VirginiaThe Associated Press called West Virginia for President Donald Trump as polls closed at 7:30 p.m. EST. Trump won the state by over 40 points in 2016, and was expected to win easily in the deep red state again this…
Nov 03
Will North Carolina flip to blue?North Carolina has voted Republican for every presidential race except two between 1972 and 2016. Trump won the state by 3.8 percentage points in 2016. This year, however, Democrats are hoping that changing demographics play a role in flipping the…
Nov 03
Polls close at 7:30 p.m. in North Carolina, Ohio, West VirginiaNorth Carolina and Ohio are both presidential battlegrounds that President Donald Trump won in 2016. If Joe Biden wins either state, worth 15 and 18 electoral votes, respectively, it would significantly narrow the president’s path to reelection. North Carolina…
Nov 03
A record 7.6 million people are eligible to vote in GeorgiaWith 1 million new voters registered, Georgia is expected to see record turnout in this election. Nearly 4 million early votes were cast in Georgia—that’s more than 90% of the state’s 2016 turnout.
Nov 03
What we’ll be watching as the polls close at 7 p.m.At 7 p.m. ET, polls will close in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. Georgia’s results are the most anticipated, after problems with mail-in voting led to a tumultuous primary in the state. With 1 million new voters…
Nov 03
Majority of Americans still disapprove of Trump’s pandemic response.A majority of Americans — 53 percent — say the COVID-19 pandemic is not at all under control, according preliminary results from the Associated Press’ VoteCast survey. Only 4 percent of Americans said the pandemic is completely under control.
Nov 03
Rep. Steve Scalise: ‘I think the Senate stays Republican.’“The momentum really matters in any political election,” Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., told Judy Woodruff tonight. “You want to have momentum going into election day. President Trump clearly has that momentum, and that’s helping, by the way, those Senate candidates…
Nov 03
Polls have closed in parts of Indiana and KentuckyOther parts of the state close at 7 p.m. ET. Both states are expected to be solid wins for President Donald Trump, who in 2016 won Kentucky and Indiana by large margins, though recent polling indicates his lead over Biden…
Nov 03
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: ‘We were so absolutely certain 4 years ago.’In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Pelosi spoke about the results of the 2016 election and the prospects for 2020: “It was a sad occasion for the country, but it did make sure that for this election nobody assumed anything,”…
Nov 03
Note: Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 but won the Electoral College.In 2016, Donald Trump and Mike Pence won with 306 electoral votes. Donald Trump and Mike Pence won in 2016 with 306 electoral votes and 45.9 percent of the popular vote. Hillary Clinton had 48 percent of the popular vote,…