Feb 01 Watch 2:23 How good is Iowa at picking White House winners? By PBS News Hour How well do the Iowa caucuses predict success for a presidential candidate? Hari Sreenivasan and the NewsHour data team take a look at that state’s track record, what Iowans are posting on social media and how well these voters match… Continue watching
Feb 01 Cruz tops Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders in virtual tie By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press After a long year of campaigning, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates face voters for the first time, battling in Iowa Monday for a boost toward the White House — or in many cases, simply a reason to stay in the… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 8:24 How Donald Trump brought unpredictability to Iowa By PBS News Hour From on the ground in Iowa, Judy Woodruff talks to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith about that state’s broad support for Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz’s ground game and strategy with religious voters, Hillary… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 10:52 Fight over core principles exposes deep GOP divides By PBS News Hour Is the Republican party revolting against itself? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff leads a discussion with David Frum and others on the struggle between establishment and antiestablishment factions in the GOP,… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 10:14 Brooks and Cottle on Iowa caucus expectations By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Michelle Cottle, contributing editor to The Atlantic, join Gwen Ifill for a preview of the Iowa caucuses, including how Donald Trump has changed American politics, the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 3:18 What to watch from the Iowa caucuses By PBS News Hour Political director Lisa Desjardins joins Gwen Ifill to break down a few things to watch for in tonight’s caucuses, including key areas for both parties, the kind of voters Democratic candidates are hoping for and an app that streamlines the… Continue watching
Feb 01 One homeschooled Christian family band's mission to elect Ted Cruz By Daniel Bush 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… Continue reading
Feb 01 GOP, Democratic races tight as Iowa kicks off first day of voting By Julie Pace and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday's Iowa caucuses, as Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton bank on sophisticated get-out-the… Continue reading
Feb 01 Presidential super PACs lost steam in second half of 2015 By Julie Bykowicz and Chad Day, Associated Press Jeb Bush's super PAC provided the starkest illustration of the downward trend. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 25:02 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 31, 2016 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: Candidates make a final push in Iowa on the eve of the first votes of the 2016 presidential race, and in our signature segment, how Oklahoma has become the nation's earthquake capital. Alison Stewart anchors from… Continue watching