• What's next for abortion rights after Supreme Court leak?

    What's next for abortion rights after Supreme Court leak?

    May 03, 2022 07:08 PM EST

    Only a minority of Americans want to overturn Roe vs. Wade. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69 percent of those surveyed wanted the Supreme Court to leave the decision intact. A more recent poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, released last June, said ...

  • Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts orders investigation into 'egregious' leak of draft abortion opinion

    Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts orders investigation into 'egregious' leak of draft abortion opinion

    May 03, 2022 03:50 PM EST

    ... see protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government. Other polling shows relatively few Americans want to see Roe overturned. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69 percent of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just ...

  • Report: Draft opinion suggests Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade

    Report: Draft opinion suggests Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade

    May 03, 2022 02:18 AM EST

    ... see protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government. Other polling shows relatively few Americans want to see Roe overturned. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69 percent of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just ...

  • Biden’s vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal voters

    Biden’s vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal voters

    Jan 28, 2022 05:06 PM EST

    ... Black men are not quite as Democratic as Black women, they still overwhelmingly back the party — 87% voted for Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast. Still, Shropshire warned, a Supreme Court appointment is only one step in ensuring Black voters are motivated in 2022 and beyond. “For Black folks ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on how American democracy fared in 2021, and their hopes for 2022

    Brooks and Capehart on how American democracy fared in 2021, and their hopes for 2022

    Dec 31, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... of elections into partisan -- partisan bodies, where the state legislature can get involved if the state legislature doesn't like the electoral result or the vote cast by the people. So, the fact that we have that that's happening around the country is what gives me pause. And the ...

  • Divided Democrats call for new strategies after loss in Virginia

    Divided Democrats call for new strategies after loss in Virginia

    Nov 03, 2021 07:52 PM EST

    ... would have helped in both of these states." Three-quarters of voters said drawn-out negotiations in Washington over Biden's governing agenda were an important factor in their vote. Those voters were more likely to back Youngkin, according to preliminary results from AP VoteCast, a survey of Virginia voters.

  • Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey

    Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey

    Nov 03, 2021 01:40 PM EST

    ... But she was also motivated by Youngkin's ties to Trump. "Anyone endorsed by President Trump is not someone I want representing me," Ogren said. VoteCast found that Virginia voters saw the economy as the race's top issue, followed by the coronavirus pandemic and schools. The significance many voters ...

  • Virginia voters have a more favorable view of GOP candidate Younkin than Trump, voter survey suggests

    Virginia voters have a more favorable view of GOP candidate Younkin than Trump, voter survey suggests

    Nov 02, 2021 11:47 PM EST

    ... a third of voters say abortion should be legal in most cases and about that many say abortion should be illegal in most cases. AP VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for Fox News and The Associated Press. The survey ...

  • LIVE RESULTS: Virginia’s governor’s race

    LIVE RESULTS: Virginia’s governor’s race

    Nov 02, 2021 11:15 AM EST

    ... think the suburbs are coming back to us.” Overall, 14% of Virginia voters said education was the most important issue facing the state, according to VoteCast. About twice as many cited economy and jobs, while 17% named COVID-19. Voters who ranked the economy and education as the top issues ...

  • Census data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs

    Census data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs

    Aug 13, 2021 01:58 PM EST

    ... 6 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election, he and Democrat Joe Biden essentially split voters who identified as suburbanites, according to The Associated Press' VoteCast. Trump won decisively among men and Biden had a wide advantage among women in the Texas suburbs. Hispanic residents accounted for half the population ...