Politics Jul 21 Judy Woodruff reflects on the historical context of Biden ending his campaign By John Yang, Judy Woodruff, Lorna Baldwin, Sarah Clune Hartman, Matt Loffman, Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn
Politics Jul 03 Incumbents who fought uphill to win over their parties struggled to get reelected, history warns There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism. By Bill Barrow, Associated Press
Politics May 30 History says the odds are against repeat presidential candidates like Biden and Sanders. Here’s why When political parties choose someone who many voters think “could have” or “should have” won the last time, they lose, according to data from the last three decades of U.S. elections. By Lisa Desjardins
Episode Jul 14 Watch 25:04 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 14, 2018 On this edition for Saturday, July 14, a new indictment in the Russia investigation exposes gaps in election security, and the next deadline to reunite more than 2,500 migrant children with their families is in 12 days. Also, how “living… By PBS News Hour
Politics Jul 14 Watch 3:53 Indictment of 12 Russian agents exposes gaps in election security Robert Mueller’s team indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday for hacking into the Democratic campaign and state election operations in 2016. The indictment also revealed how state and local election boards were targeted, information on 500,000 American voters was… By PBS News Hour
Mar 01 Watch 4:26 Looking back at the origins of Super Tuesday By PBS News Hour Why has Super Tuesday come to play such a critical role in the presidential nomination process? William Brangham takes a look back at the origin of Super Tuesday and how it evolved into the make-or-break contest it is today. Continue watching
Sep 08 Remembering Andy Kohut, pollster and NewsHour regular By Gwen Ifill Those of us who love to cover politics loved Andy Kohut. He was courtly, incisive and smart. The pollster and NewsHour contributor died Tuesday at age 73. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 4:08 Why Nigeria voted for new leadership By PBS News Hour Nigeria elected Muhammadu Buhari as their next president, unseating incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. What does the new leader bring to Africa’s richest and most populous nation? Jeffrey Brown talks to Nii Akuetteh of the African Immigrant Caucus about the nation’s fight… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Afghan election commission to audit polling stations for fraud after releasing preliminary results By PBS News Hour Afghanistan’s National Election Commission announced that former finance minister Ashraf Ghani is leading former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in the preliminary results of the presidential run-off elections. The commission acknowledged there had been fraud, and announced it will audit nearly… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Will Afghanistan’s election disputes threaten peaceful transition prospects? By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Brown is joined by Andrew Wilder of the United States Institute of Peace and Nazif Shahrani of Indiana University to discuss findings of fraud in the Afghan presidential elections, how the results will influence relations with the U.S. and… Continue watching