• WATCH: Trump announces roadmap for the PREVENTS Task Force on veteran suicide prevention

    WATCH: Trump announces roadmap for the PREVENTS Task Force on veteran suicide prevention

    Jun 17, 2020 02:23 PM EST

    ... National Tragedy of Suicide."Veterans overall have strongly backed Trump throughout his presidency, though views vary widely by party, gender and age, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of 2018 midterm voters. In particular, younger veterans and women generally were more skeptical of Trump, who received multiple draft deferments to ...

  • Anatomy of a political comeback: How Biden earned nomination

    Anatomy of a political comeback: How Biden earned nomination

    Jun 06, 2020 08:05 PM EST

    ... During the primary, race relations fell behind health care, the economy and climate change as the most important issues for South Carolina Democrats, according to VoteCast. But voters trusted Biden most on racial matters, with a plurality, 39%, saying he would be the best Democrat to address that issue. After ...

  • Biden says he was too 'cavalier' in saying voters still deciding between him and Trump 'ain't black'

    Biden says he was too 'cavalier' in saying voters still deciding between him and Trump 'ain't black'

    May 22, 2020 09:55 PM EST

    ... with embarrassing finishes in overwhelmingly white Iowa and New Hampshire. Sixty-one percent of black voters supported Biden during the primary season, according to AP VoteCast surveys across 17 states that voted in February and March. Biden is now seeking to maintain his standing with black voters while building the ...

  • WATCH: After 3 more wins, Biden reaches out to Sanders voters

    WATCH: After 3 more wins, Biden reaches out to Sanders voters

    Mar 18, 2020 05:11 AM EST

    ... they largely sided with Biden. The former vice president received the support of 65% of Puerto Rican voters and 56% of Cubans, according to AP VoteCast, a broad survey of primary voters. The public health and economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus will nonetheless influence how the presidential contest unfolds ...

  • Sanders banked on young voters. Here’s how the numbers have played out

    Sanders banked on young voters. Here’s how the numbers have played out

    Mar 11, 2020 11:21 PM EST

    ... as high numbers as older voters did, and Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi all went to former Vice President Joe Biden. The latest numbers from AP VoteCast, a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for the Associated Press and Fox News, show that while health care was top ...

  • 5 takeaways from primary night in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan

    5 takeaways from primary night in Mississippi, Missouri and Michigan

    Mar 11, 2020 02:41 AM EST

    ... the hump. It happened again in Mississippi on Tuesday, just like Southern Super Tuesday states last week and South Carolina before that. According to AP VoteCast, two-thirds of Mississippi's Democratic primary voters were African American; three-quarters of them supported Biden. The reality remains: Sanders has not made ...

  • Biden wins Michigan primary

    Biden wins Michigan primary

    Mar 11, 2020 01:08 AM EST

    ... Biden, and perhaps only be left trying to deny him an outright delegate win ahead of the Democratic National Convention this summer in Milwaukee. AP VoteCast survey showed Biden leading among both men and women, as well as among both white voters and African American voters. Sanders had predicted victory ...

  • WATCH: PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the March 10 primaries

    WATCH: PBS NewsHour's special coverage of the March 10 primaries

    Mar 10, 2020 02:22 AM EST

    ... support from black voters. Two-thirds of Mississippi's Democratic primary voters were African American, and three-quarters of them supported Biden, according to AP VoteCast surveys of the electorate. After Sanders upset Hillary Clinton in Michigan four years ago, his loss there Tuesday was particularly sobering. It undermined his ...

  • 6 questions heading into the next set of Democratic primaries

    6 questions heading into the next set of Democratic primaries

    Mar 09, 2020 10:38 PM EST

    ... African American. Black voters are key in St. Louis and Kansas City, as well. Sanders likely will be hoping for a younger black electorate: AP VoteCast data from Super Tuesday showed the senator about even with Biden among black voters younger than 45. But older African Americans usually vote in ...

  • Suburbanites are voting and that's good news for Joe Biden

    Suburbanites are voting and that's good news for Joe Biden

    Mar 07, 2020 09:39 PM EST

    ... most other candidates in the race. At least half of his voters across eight states surveyed said they would be unhappy with Biden, according to VoteCast. At the Burnsville coffee shop, Sanders supporter Ali Sugule, 39, wasn’t enthusiastic about Biden. Nevertheless, the Somali American who considers himself a progressive ...