• What we've learned about leadership from the COVID-19 pandemic

    What we've learned about leadership from the COVID-19 pandemic

    Apr 06, 2021 06:53 PM EST

    ... which occurred after the coronavirus had killed more than 200,000 Americans, the pandemic was the top issue on voters’ minds, according to an AP Votecast survey. Since reaching a peak in January, coronavirus cases have begun to fall in both the U.S. and the UK, and the countries ...

  • Activists fear Biden is undermining efforts for a higher minimum wage

    Activists fear Biden is undermining efforts for a higher minimum wage

    Feb 15, 2021 07:33 PM EST

    ... Control and Prevention. People of color are a vital part Biden's constituency, constituting 38% of his support in November's election, according to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the electorate. Adrianne Shropshire. executive director of BlackPAC, noted that Biden has promised to address racial inequalities and create a ...

  • Ossoff wins in Georgia, tipping Senate control to Democrats

    Ossoff wins in Georgia, tipping Senate control to Democrats

    Jan 06, 2021 09:25 PM EST

    ... and a frequent Trump critic. Even with Trump’s claims, voters in both parties were drawn to the polls because of the high stakes. AP VoteCast found that 6 in 10 Georgia voters say Senate party control was the most important factor in their vote. Turnout exceeded both sides’ expectations ...

  • Georgia's Black voters overwhelmingly supported Democratic Senate candidates

    Georgia's Black voters overwhelmingly supported Democratic Senate candidates

    Jan 06, 2021 08:17 PM EST

    ... of Black voters backed Democratic challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock, along with 22 percent of whites and 36 percent Latino voters, according to the Associated Press VoteCast survey. By comparison, 38 percent of white voters supported Republican incumbent, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, with 4 percent of Black voters and 26 percent of ...

  • How voters who sat out 2016 played a role in Georgia’s runoffs

    How voters who sat out 2016 played a role in Georgia’s runoffs

    Jan 06, 2021 06:47 PM EST

    Georgia voters who sat out the 2016 election that brought President Donald Trump into the White House were more likely to support Democratic candidates for the state’s two open Senate seats this week, according to Associated Press VoteCast data. Among voters who did not cast a ballot in 2016 ...

  • Republicans in Georgia more likely to vote against their party than Democrats

    Republicans in Georgia more likely to vote against their party than Democrats

    Jan 06, 2021 05:28 PM EST

    ... Jon Ossoff, one of the Democratic candidates in contention, than Democrats who supported incumbent GOP Sen. David Perdue, according to preliminary data from Associated Press VoteCast on Georgia’s special elections. Six percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters backed Ossoff, while 3 percent of Democrats voted for Perdue. In ...

  • Warnock wins Georgia Senate seat

    Warnock wins Georgia Senate seat

    Jan 06, 2021 01:01 PM EST

    ... with Republican voters in Georgia. About 7 in 10 agreed with his false assertion that Biden was not the legitimately elected president, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 3,600 voters in the runoff elections. Election officials across the country, including the Republican governors in Arizona and ...

  • No winners yet in close Georgia Senate runoffs as vote count continues

    No winners yet in close Georgia Senate runoffs as vote count continues

    Jan 06, 2021 06:25 AM EST

    ... About 9 in 10 voters who supported the Republican candidates weren’t confident votes in the general election were counted accurately, according to the AP VoteCast survey. But the strategy risked alienating moderate Republicans and independent voters who disapproved of the way Trump handled the election results. According to VoteCast ...

  • Georgia counting votes in runoffs that decide Senate control

    Georgia counting votes in runoffs that decide Senate control

    Jan 06, 2021 01:31 AM EST

    ... with Republican voters in Georgia. About 7 in 10 agree with his false assertion that Biden was not the legitimately elected president, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 3,600 voters in the runoff elections. Election officials across the country, including the Republican governors in Arizona and ...

  • More than 1.6 million have already voted in Georgia Senate runoffs, on par with early voting in general election

    More than 1.6 million have already voted in Georgia Senate runoffs, on par with early voting in general election

    Dec 22, 2020 11:28 PM EST

    That is a large increase from the November election, when 52 percent of voters in Georgia were 50 or older, according to AP’s VoteCast survey. Nationally, President Donald Trump won 51 percent of voters aged 50-64, as well as 51 percent of the over-65 vote. And Trump ...