electoral
As is often the case in U.S. elections, Black voter turnout will be crucial this fall. Voters in heavily Black cities like Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, will decide whether to re-elect their Black mayors. In New Jersey and Virginia, Black voters will exert a powerful influence in gubernatorial and state legislative races, among […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – On the second floor of the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, children sang the Alaska Flag songs, Junior ROTC students marched with the United States flag, and three people became a part of the history of the United States. In a ceremony lasting less than 20 minutes, three Alaskan electors cast Electoral […]
Harris at 47% and Trump at 46%, latest election polling shows Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the US election. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are locked in a nail-bitingly close US presidential election race. Harris maintains a single point advantage over her Republican rival. As of 30 October, the latest polls put […]
In the cold light of day, on a crisp morning of early voting at CT Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in southwest Atlanta, Black voter after Black voter pointed to any number of reasons they saw another Trump presidency as unacceptable. That included Trump’s past cosiness with far-right and white supremacist groups, his election denialism, […]
As Florida braced for its second major hurricane in two weeks, the US president, Joe Biden, criticised Donald Trump for spreading an “onslaught of lies” about how the federal government is handling the damage from Hurricane Helene. Biden spoke as Hurricane Milton – which the president earlier said “is looking like the storm of the […]
Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, has called for the electoral college system of electing US presidents to be abolished and replaced with a popular vote principle, as operates in most democracies. His comments – to an audience of party fundraisers – chime with the sentiments of a majority of American voters but risk destabilising […]
EXPLAINER In the US, presidential elections are decided by a state-based vote allocation system. Here’s what you need to know. It’s at the heart of how presidential elections in the United States are decided. But for many, the Electoral College is a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in an enigma. It doesn’t have to […]
With just over a month to go before the election, the world is holding its breath until either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is officially chosen to occupy the Oval Office. Intelligence agencies claim there have been an increase in the number of cyberattacks from foreign powers, mainly Russia, China and Iran, trying to influence the outcome, as […]
On May 23, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that allows racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, dismissing the voices of Black voters challenging racial gerrymandering and undermining efforts to build a multiracial democracy in the United States. The ruling is inconsistent with international human rights treaties binding on the United States […]
A new and unprecedented wave of migration is brewing in Venezuela. The Chavez-Maduro dictatorship, after 25 years in power, has announced presidential elections this summer. Everything points to a new electoral farce, which, far from generating political change, will destroy the hope of 28 million inhabitants and trigger a wave of emigration like none we […]
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