Nov 04 Watch 7:14 How FiveThirtyEight calculates the data of a divided nation By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog burst onto the political scene in 2008, when he forecasted the popular vote for president within one percentage point. Becoming a key point of reference during elections, he started a podcast in 2016, and says his… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 5:49 Democrats hope young voter turnout will turn Utah blue By Liz Adeola, KUED Utah has the youngest population in the country, according to U.S. Census data, and this election, democrats in the BeeHive state are hoping their voter turnout will be strong enough to decide its political fate. Producer Liz Adeola with public… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 1:50 Ask a teenager: What are the 2018 midterms about? By Student Reporting Labs From opinions about gun laws to issues of inequality and immigration tactics, middle and high school students with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab asked teenagers across the country what are on their minds in the countdown to the 2018 midterms. Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 4:12 Here’s a national landscape of prominent midterm races By PBS News Hour Early reporting in Indiana may reflect which party will control the Senate. Ten seats in the Northeast could flip the House in favor of Democrats. In Florida, Georgia, and purple rust belt states including Ohio and Iowa, governor races may… Continue watching
Nov 04 Past midterms, some zero in on amending Constitution By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Some on the right are working to cement change by amending the Constitution and bypassing the usual process. Continue reading
Nov 04 Campaigns make final push to galvanize voters for midterms By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Democrats are counting on wresting control of the House from Republicans and hoping for a longshot series of wins to take back the Senate as well. But Republicans are optimistic they can gain seats in a Senate map heavy on… Continue reading
Nov 04 Legal decisions and a racist robocall in Georgia gov. race By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press A robocall apparently from a white supremacist group is injecting racism directly into the Georgia race for governor, which has already been fraught with a race-laden debate over ballot access and voter suppression. Continue reading
Nov 04 Voters don’t like ‘Big Pharma.’ But they could soon elect a Senate that includes two pharma lobbyists and a CEO By Lev Facher, STAT If Republicans prevail in just two races on Tuesday, the Senate’s ranks would suddenly include two former drug industry lobbyists and a pharma CEO. Continue reading
Nov 03 In Florida, a bitter and personal clash for US Senate By Gary Fineout, Associated Press Floridians could help determine control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 03 ‘We are not killers:’ Migrants in caravan respond to Trump By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press President Trump said he told the U.S. military at the southwest border that if they face rock-throwing migrants, they should react as though the rocks were “rifles.”… Continue reading