Nov 06 Watch 2:01 Charting the course to victory from swing state Ohio By PBS News Hour No Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio, and the same has been true of Democrats since John F. Kennedy. How are voters in the state feeling in the final days of the election? The NewsHour’s John Yang,… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 1:55 Will Trump take the battleground state of Iowa? By PBS News Hour During the last two decades, Iowa has largely voted for Democratic presidential candidates. But this year Republican Donald Trump is expected to take the state. The NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, who is covering the Trump campaign, joins Alison Stewart from Sioux… Continue watching
Nov 06 Electoral College is ‘vestige’ of slavery, say some Constitutional scholars By Kamala Kelkar A lesser-known part of the Electoral College's history: its relationship to slavery in the U.S. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 6:49 An expert’s preview of election night By PBS News Hour As this year's hard-fought presidential race enters its final days, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are campaigning for a path to the 270 electoral votes needed to take the White House. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield offers a close… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 7:04 This system calls for popular vote to determine winner By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Four times in U.S. history, the winner of the nationwide popular vote has lost the Electoral College and the general election. But a proposal called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would automatically allocate participating states' Electoral College votes to… Continue watching
Nov 06 Why is voter turnout so low in the U.S.? By Michael D. Regan The U.S. ranks 31st out of 35 countries for voter turnout, based on voting age populace. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 5, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump rally supporters in the final days before the election, and people in battleground states are swapping votes for third-party candidates. Also, what’s at stake in North Carolina where… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 3:45 What issues are motivating Florida voters? By PBS News Hour In Florida, more than 40 percent of registered voters have cast their ballot in a week of early voting that ends Sunday. Mary Ellen Klas, capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald and co-bureau chief for the Tampa Bay Times,… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 5:44 These apps help people trade votes to boost Clinton in swing states By Mori Rothman, Karla Murthy In solidly red or blue states, many voters feel like their votes count less than those cast in swing states. But some voters have found another method to increase their impact: trading their vote with a swing state voter who… Continue watching
Nov 05 Photos: Delhi’s air pollution closes hundreds of schools, renews alarms By Kamala Kelkar Delhi closed more than 1,700 schools on Friday and Saturday because air pollution there is too dangerous for children’s lungs. Continue reading