• With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

    With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

    Nov 05, 2020 06:32 PM EST

    ... state's most populous, by just 7 percentage points — compared with Democrat Hillary Clinton's 30-point victory margin four years ago against Trump. AP VoteCast, a survey of the Florida electorate, found Trump won 58% of Cuban American voters statewide, while voters with South American heritage split evenly between ...

  • In Michigan win, Biden backed by lower-income voters

    In Michigan win, Biden backed by lower-income voters

    Nov 05, 2020 01:06 AM EST

    In Michigan, a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, non-white voters and voters with household incomes of less than $50,000 were more likely to back former Vice President Joe Biden, according to preliminary data from the Associated Press’ VoteCast survey. More than three-quarters of non-white ...

  • Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin voters choose Biden over Trump

    Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin voters choose Biden over Trump

    Nov 04, 2020 11:44 PM EST

    ... presidential election. Sixty-eight percent said they backed Biden compared to 32 percent who were for Trump, according to preliminary data from the Associated Press’ VoteCast survey Wednesday. Nationwide, 62 percent of Americans who had lost a loved one to the pandemic said they voted for Biden, according to VoteCast ...

  • How Mexican American voters helped turn Arizona blue

    How Mexican American voters helped turn Arizona blue

    Nov 04, 2020 06:21 PM EST

    Joe Biden flipped the state of Arizona blue for the first time in decades, boosted in part by a large share of votes cast by Mexican Americans, according to AP’s VoteCast survey. Overall, Latinos make up 23.6 percent of eligible voters in this border state, and a third ...

  • Trump holds onto Ohio but loses suburban support

    Trump holds onto Ohio but loses suburban support

    Nov 04, 2020 04:35 PM EST

    President Donald Trump kept the state of Ohio in his reelection bid, but narrowly lost the suburban vote to former Vice President Joe Biden, according to preliminary data from the Associated Press’ VoteCast survey. Suburban voters split between the two candidates, giving the Democrat the slight lead at 50 percent ...

  • Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

    Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

    Nov 04, 2020 04:32 PM EST

    ... against pedophiles in government. Hanging over the contests were the coronavirus pandemic and the wounded economy, which voters ranked as top concerns, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate. The virus has killed 232,000 people in the U.S. and cases are rising in nearly every ...

  • Maine's Biden voters want to see Affordable Care Act stay in place

    Maine's Biden voters want to see Affordable Care Act stay in place

    Nov 04, 2020 02:24 PM EST

    A majority of Maine voters say the Affordable Care Act should be left as-is or expanded, according to the Associated Press’ VoteCast survey. Fifty-four percent favor the law, while another 44 percent said it should be repealed or weakened. Former Vice President Joe Biden won the state overnight ...

  • Trump takes Florida with support from white and Cuban American voters

    Trump takes Florida with support from white and Cuban American voters

    Nov 04, 2020 07:16 AM EST

    President Donald Trump won the state of Florida with support from a majority of voters -- 55 percent -- aged 45 and over, according to preliminary data from AP’s VoteCast survey. He also did better with white voters -- at 61 percent -- than former Vice President Joe Biden. While Biden earned a ...

  • North Carolina voters applaud Cooper's coronavirus response, giving him another term

    North Carolina voters applaud Cooper's coronavirus response, giving him another term

    Nov 04, 2020 05:46 AM EST

    Gov. Roy Cooper’s handling of the coronavirus earned him support among North Carolina voters and helped the Democrat secure re-election. In preliminary data, 62 percent of voters surveyed by AP VoteCast said they approved of the way the governor had handled the pandemic, and among those who approved ...

  • WATCH: Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as vote count continues

    WATCH: Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as vote count continues

    Nov 04, 2020 05:31 AM EST

    ... the coronavirus now surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between Trump and Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate. Voters were especially likely to call the public health crisis the nation’s most important issue, with the ...