Oct 14 The Gender Gap and the Midterms Ever since women won the right to vote in 1920 -- was it only 90 years ago? -- there's been guessing about whether women and men vote differently. This speculation reached a high point during the presidential election year 1980,… Continue reading
Oct 14 Advertising Spending in House and Senate Races Approaches $200 Million Candidates, political parties and outside interest groups have spent an estimated $198 million on advertising for U.S. House and Senate races in the past five weeks, according to a study released Wednesday by the Wesleyan Media Project. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch California to Let Voters Decide on Marijuana Legalization Judy Muller of KCET reports from California on the a ballot initiative in the state to legalize marijuana. Continue watching
Oct 13 The Morning Line: Michelle Obama Hits the Trail for Embattled Democrats First Lady Michelle Obama is headed to Wisconsin and Illinois Wednesday in what is the beginning of an eight state, two-week campaign tour on behalf of embattled Democrats. As is often the case with first ladies, Mrs. Obama… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch Sandra Day O’Connor on Judicial Elections, Supreme Court’s New Players Judy Woodruff speaks to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about her efforts to improve literacy for students, judicial elections and the new makeup of the court. Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Franzen Explores the Post-9/11 Family in ‘Freedom’ Jeffrey Brown talks to best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen about new book '"Freedom."… Continue watching
Oct 12 Big Third Quarter Fundraising Jackpot for Sharron Angle It appears former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle is poised to be the big jackpot winner of the money race for third quarter donations. The tea party backed Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada announced Tuesday that she took in a… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch U.S. Effort to Aid Pakistan Flood Victims Confronts Challenges As the need for food, water and shelter continue in flood-ravaged areas of Pakistan, American aid groups are running into difficulties in getting supplies to victims. Special Correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Pakistan. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Outside Groups Spend Big on Campaign Ads Third-party groups on both sides of the political aisle are spending big on advertising this fall - but not at the same rate. Judy Woodruff talks with Evan Tracey, founder of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, for details. Continue watching
Oct 11 What Voters Talk About When They Talk About the Economy As Patchwork Nation often notes, the diversity of communities in the United States makes it difficult to identify a single economic story. National GDP and unemployment numbers are not encouraging, but no one in American experiences those U.S. averages… Continue reading