Democrats face criticism that their party lost touch with working-class voters
How does one of the party’s new progressive leaders in Congress, answer the challenge? NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Greg Casar of Texas.
One state’s requirement that voters prove citizenship didn’t work out so well
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there’s one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That’s […]
Hand-written signatures were a sticking point for young California voters
More than a month after voting by mail in the presidential election, South Los Angeles resident Taylor Johnson learned that his vote had not been counted because election workers had taken issue with the way he signed his name on the ballot envelope. The elections office told Johnson that his ballot signature didn’t match another […]
After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits
Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Donald Trump hoping he’d curb inflation. But he’ll be under pressure to cut federal spending.
How Canada’s Voters Turned on Justin Trudeau
Canada’s prime minister gained global renown 10 years ago for his unabashedly progressive politics. But at home, voters turned sour on him long ago.
Democrats failed to address voters’ ‘despair’, says top Biden official
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Joe Biden’s energy secretary said the US election came “a year early” for Americans to feel the benefits of sweeping efforts to boost domestic manufacturing as she praised the Trump campaign for listening […]
Hegseth may be rallying Senate support—but voters aren’t sold
Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon under President-elect Donald Trump appears to be back on track as key Republican senators look past allegations of sexual assault and drinking at work. But that doesn’t mean voters are on board. A new Civiqs poll, fielded Dec. 7-10, found that 48% of registered voters oppose Hegseth’s nomination […]
Immigrants’ resentment over new arrivals helped boost Trump’s popularity with Latino voters
On the campaign trail, Trump singled out Whitewater after the police chief wrote a letter to Biden asking for help responding to the needs of the new Nicaraguan arrivals. While some residents were put off by Trump’s rhetoric about the city being destroyed by immigrants, it resonated with many of the longtime Mexican-immigrant residents we […]
Clintons urge voters agitated by today’s politics to remain involved in public service
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Voters dejected by the presidential election results need to find a way to give back and remain involved, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Clinton presidential library. The former president urged audience members in a packed theater to remain engaged and find […]
As voters shift right, Democrats flipped 3 House seats in California
The electoral map in November was largely a sea of red, but there is a bright spot — or really, three — for Golden State Democrats. In the Central Valley, the Antelope Valley and Orange County, a trio of Democratic congressional challengers unseated Republican incumbents as the party narrowed the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the […]