• What young people want the next president to care about

    What young people want the next president to care about

    Nov 08, 2016 12:25 AM EDT

    ... in our government, our country was truly good. No Democrat or Republican can fix it. Only God can. ABBY ROSS, Black River Falls High School, Wisconsin: And I want the next president to know that women deserve equal pay to men. This is America, and we are known for our ...

  • Battleground map shows how Clinton and Trump could win

    Battleground map shows how Clinton and Trump could win

    Nov 08, 2016 12:23 AM EDT

    ... Democratic states, places that have gone Democratic in a lot of the last six elections -- in all of the last six elections, places like Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. They feel better about Michigan, but the Clinton campaign is saying that they're still up there. And you have President Obama going ...

  • Candidates storm swing states as headlines on FBI, taxes swirl

    Candidates storm swing states as headlines on FBI, taxes swirl

    Nov 01, 2016 11:10 PM EDT

    ... and replace. LISA DESJARDINS:  Trump's Keystone State visit is part of a final week push in states that voted twice for Barack Obama, including Wisconsin, where he is tonight.  And the campaign just announced new ad buys in usually dark blue Michigan and in New Mexico, which may be ...

  • Is FBI email probe this election’s ‘October surprise’?

    Is FBI email probe this election’s ‘October surprise’?

    Oct 30, 2016 09:07 PM EDT

    ... ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: In U.S. elections, the term "October surprise" has come to mean an event in the closing weeks or days of a presidential campaign that could affect or even alter the outcome. The developing story about the FBI reviving its investigation into Hillary ...

  • How are controversial voter ID laws affecting voters?

    How are controversial voter ID laws affecting voters?

    Oct 29, 2016 08:37 PM EDT

    ... ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR:  For the first time in a presidential election, nine more states are enforcing new laws requiring eligible voters to present a government-issued photo ID at the polls.  That includes New Hampshire, Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas. The laws, which have been controversial, were ...

  • Why Senate control could ride on this tight New Hampshire race

    Why Senate control could ride on this tight New Hampshire race

    Oct 03, 2016 11:19 PM EDT

    ... red, held by Republicans. What is Democrats' best chance at a Senate takeover? Well, sources in both parties believe they will pick up Illinois and Wisconsin. That would be two. In North Carolina and Missouri, incumbent Republicans are on the ropes. If they lose? That's two more Democratic pick ...

  • For many women, watching Trump interrupt Clinton 51 times was unnerving but familiar

    For many women, watching Trump interrupt Clinton 51 times was unnerving but familiar

    Sep 27, 2016 08:22 PM EDT

    ... he doesn't think Hillary Clinton has the stamina to be president, and Clinton talks about Trump's history of talking about women. Video by PBS NewsHour Trump reminded Deborath Calvanicoweinstein, a homemaker in Madison, Wisconsin, of the car repairmen who talk down to her, but not to her husband ...

  • How Texas' voter ID law landed it in federal court -- again

    How Texas' voter ID law landed it in federal court -- again

    Sep 19, 2016 09:19 PM EDT

    ... November. The state's deadline to register for the presidential election is Oct. 11. Martin Castro of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights tells PBS NewsHour's political editor Lisa Desjardins how well states are registering new voters and what obstacles remain. Video by PBS NewsHour Q: Why was ...

  • New poll numbers show tightening presidential race, but Clinton has easier path

    New poll numbers show tightening presidential race, but Clinton has easier path

    Sep 07, 2016 11:15 PM EDT

    Nationally, the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is getting closer; an average of polls show Clinton's post-convention bounce is over. Lisa Desjardins examines both candidates' polling strengths and Carroll Doherty of the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post’s Dan Balz join Judy Woodruff for a breakdown of the electorate and how the...

  • The Trump campaign has a ground-game problem

    The Trump campaign has a ground-game problem

    Aug 30, 2016 06:44 PM EDT

    Hillary Clinton currently has more than three times the number of campaign offices in critical states than does Donald Trump.