Some state averages started later in 2024 because of a lack of sufficient early polling. Source: Averages by The New York Times; polls collected by FiveThirtyEight and The Times. Nate CohnChief political analyst Despite a strong debate performance,
Pennsylvania’s Al Schmidt is pleased about progress combating threats and misinformation — but disappointed state legislators haven’t enabled faster counting of mail ballots.
Election officials across the country struggle to enhance security measures to adequately safeguard workers and ensure voting integrity in advance of Election Day
Americans began casting their first in-person votes on Friday in a presidential election six weeks away that both Republican and Democratic leaders call the most important in generations. The stakes are high: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and other party leaders have described Republican nominee Donald Trump as a threat to democracy,
In a campaign that has seen two attempted assassinations of one of the candidates, gun policy has still not been a factor.
Countries could use next week's U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world's annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the U.S. election could jeopardize progress ahead of the next U.
Republican Laurie Buckhout wants "America first" initiatives, incumbent Democrat Don Davis says the route is to invest in communities. In one of the tightest U.S. House races in the nation, Buckhout and Davis are fighting to win the only truly competitive congressional race North Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump is renewing efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote allocation system to snag one of the state's electoral votes.
Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v.
Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered voters.