Nov 04 Trump takes Florida with support from white and Cuban American voters By Courtney Vinopal 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. Continue reading
Nov 04 North Carolina voters applaud Cooper’s coronavirus response, giving him another term By Courtney Vinopal 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 of his handling of COVID-19, 81 percent voted for him. Continue reading
Oct 23 How to read the polls in 2020 and avoid the mistakes of 2016 By Laura Santhanam Political polls should not be mistaken for crystal balls. That doesn’t mean they serve no purpose. Continue reading
Jun 26 Data is key to fighting the coronavirus. Here’s why it’s so hard to find By Laura Santhanam As states reopen and Americans are still struggling to figure out how they can safely return to work, school and other parts of their lives, being able to interpret and understand the numbers that do exist has become even more… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 4:21 In Utah, data drives enforcement of stay-at-home directive The coronavirus continues to spread in the U.S. along with the economic ripple effects of the nationwide shutdown. In Utah, a state that relies heavily on tourism, thousands of people have applied for unemployment benefits. Liz Adeola, host and producer… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 5:34 What being sick and symptomless means with the coronavirus By PBS NewsHour When it comes to COVID-19, there has been a great deal of discussion about whether or not people are asymptomatic and what that could really mean when it comes to contracting and spreading the virus. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with ProPublica… Continue watching
Mar 05 MAP: Watch how COVID-19 traveled the world By Courtney Vinopal, Megan McGrew Watch novel coronavirus spread from a single Chinese province to countries around the globe. Continue reading
Mar 04 What Super Tuesday data tells us about who voted and why By Courtney Vinopal What was driving voters in Super Tuesday states, and what could it mean as the 2020 race continues?… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 7:43 Why the U.S. objects to Huawei’s involvement in building 5G networks The United Kingdom says it will allow Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei to build part of its new 5G cellular network. The U.S. government had warned against the move, arguing Huawei poses a national security threat, but British officials said the… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 9:25 How a growing trove of genetic data is informing medical breakthroughs By Miles O'Brien Individualized medicine, in which treatments are customized based on a patient’s unique DNA, is a rising field. Along with an ever-expanding genetic database, it offers tantalizing promise for solving some of medicine's most daunting challenges. But individualized medicine also carries… Continue watching