Politics Nov 03 How and why the AP declares winners on election night The Associated Press will compile votes and declare winners in elections across the U.S. on Tuesday, just as the news organization has done for nearly 180 years.
Politics Nov 03 Live Results: New York City 2025 mayoral election The nation's biggest city will pick its next mayor on Tuesday in an election that has sparked debate over the future of the Democratic Party.
Nation Oct 06 How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7 Nearly two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the county’s ensuing invasion of the Gaza Strip, Americans are more divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than they were before the war – and concerns are mounting about…
Nation May 22 2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in DC shooting The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.
Politics Oct 08 How different states run their elections The U.S. general election on Nov. 5 will decide the country’s direction, but it is far from a nationally administered contest.
Politics Jul 23 CHART: Harris has backing of enough delegates to become Democratic presidential nominee, AP tally finds Prominent Democratic elected officials, party leaders and political organizations quickly lined up behind Harris in the day after Biden's exit from the race and her campaign set a new 24-hour record for presidential donations on Monday.
Politics Mar 18 What to expect in Ohio’s presidential and state primaries The most high-profile election in Ohio's primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on the state's Democratic U.S. senator. Sen. Sherrod Brown was first elected in 2006 and is among the most vulnerable members of a closely…
Politics Mar 12 How Biden won enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee President Joe Biden’s path to unofficially clinching the Democratic nomination this year was much shorter and less dramatic than the one he followed in 2020.
Politics Mar 01 What makes Super Tuesday so important? It’s all about the delegates. Here’s a look at the numbers Republican delegate rules vary by state, but their system generally makes it easier for frontrunners to quickly rack up large numbers of delegates because many states — including Super Tuesday’s biggest prize, California — award all their delegates to candidates…
Politics Feb 27 Why AP called Michigan for Trump At the time he was declared the winner, the former president was far ahead in every geographic region — and by almost three-to-one in more conservative northern Michigan.