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News Articles: 2024 elections

Houses across the Monongahela River are seen from Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024.

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  • National

Why Pennsylvania could be the key to the White House

Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump are in a tight race in Pennsylvania. The state could go either way and it’s why both candidates are working so hard to appeal to voters.

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Destinee Adams and
  • Obed Manuel
House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, speaks to campaign volunteers for Susan Wild, the US Representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th District, at the Italian Center in Williams Township, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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  • Politics

Hakeem Jeffries could be the first Black speaker of the House. First, he needs to win

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is campaigning in competitive districts across the U.S. with the goal of flipping control of the House of Representatives in the November election.

October 16, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
Inmates at the Cook County, Ill., jail head to a staging area at the jail's Division 11 law library before registering and voting in the local election in 2023 in Chicago.

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  • National

Many people in jail have the right to vote. So do many felons

People who are in jail and haven't been convicted of a crime — and even many who have been convicted — retain their right to vote. But it's often challenging for them to exercise it.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Kansas Legislature, seen here opening its lawmaking session in January, 2020, is one of 20 states where Republicans have a "supermajority" that allows them to override vetoes by the governor. Kansas Democrats hope to break the supermajority in the November election.

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  • National

Three states show how abortion, schools and taxes are at stake in legislature races

New legislatures could overhaul school vouchers in Arizona, give the Democratic governor more clout in Kansas, and counter a progressive trend in Minnesota.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Wayne Schutsky,
  • Dana Ferguson,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • National

Too much presidential politics? State legislatures are also on the ballot

With so much focus on the presidential election, keep in mind these down-ballot races can lead to big changes in your state when it comes to policies like abortion, health care and criminal justice.

October 03, 2024
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By:
  • Ryland Barton
A ballot at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Third-party voters face a tough choice in a tight election

Single-issue voters dissatisfied with Trump and Harris consider third party candidates in tight election

September 22, 2024
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By:
  • Luke Garrett
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks to reporters after the presidential debate with Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia.

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

How Trump is relying on a racist conspiracy theory to question election results

Donald Trump has echoed a new iteration of a conspiracy theory that has taken root in the GOP that falsely claims there is a plan to bring nonwhite immigrants to the U.S. to replace white voters.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Odette Yousef
Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn bought the Harris-Walz domain name, along with many other hypothetical tickets, in 2020. He describes himself as "the best political cybersquatter ever."

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  • Elections

The self-proclaimed GOAT of cybersquatting sold HarrisWalz.com for $15k

Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn buys and saves websites for hypothetical presidential tickets. On Tuesday, he sold HarrisWalz.com to a person seemingly unconnected to either campaign.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Harris has momentum, but the race is still tight. Here are the paths to the presidency

Trump’s leads in the Blue Wall states have been completely wiped out, and they remain true toss-ups. The former president retains a narrow lead in all four Sun Belt states.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
 President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

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  • Elections

Biden bristles at continued questions about his age and abilities in NBC interview

As the first night of the Republican National Convention unfolded, Biden sat for a new televised interview, this time with NBC's Lester Holt.

July 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

Biden and Trump will debate tonight. Follow NPR for live coverage

President Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to take the stage at 9 p.m. ET Thursday for the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Heidi Glenn
President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know

President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election on Thursday night in Atlanta. Find out how to watch and what to watch for.

June 24, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

May 29, 2024
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By:
  • The NPR Network
Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024.

Tagged as: 

  • Law

Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans

Abortion Rights has been a motivating political issue for generations, and this year might be the most intense for those on both sides of the issue.

NPR's Sarah McCammon reports on the anti-abortion rights activists who want to ramp up restrictions, criminalize patients who pursue abortions, and ban procedures like IVF.

For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

May 23, 2024
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
President Joe Biden, left, on Jan. 5, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, on Jan. 19.

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  • Elections

Trump and Biden clinch 2024 presidential nominations

The general election rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Biden is now official. Both men have now secured the required delegates to be their respective party's nominee.

March 12, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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