For Voters Still Mulling, One Thing Is Clear: That Debate Didn’t Help

By Lisa Lerer, Jennifer Medina and Katie Glueck
NYT U.S.
A small but crucial segment of likely voters say they remain uncommitted — to a candidate or to voting at all — and nothing they heard on Tuesday clinched things for them.
Published date: October 1, 2020 at 10:00AM
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Americans Mostly Agree on Policing. The Difference Is Priorities.

By Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch
NYT The Upshot
Why has it become a big election issue? Democrats prioritize banning chokeholds, and Republicans are focused on not defunding the police.
Published date: September 21, 2020 at 12:00PM
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Minnesota Seemed Ripe for a Trump Breakout. It Has Not Arrived.

By Astead W. Herndon
NYT U.S.
Minnesota was a near miss for Donald Trump in 2016. But new polling shows him well behind where he finished four years ago in a state he views as a prime pickup opportunity.
Published date: September 13, 2020 at 12:00PM
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The Women Who Fought Against the Vote

By Jennifer Schuessler
NYT U.S.
To understand the suffragists, and why their battle took so long, you also have to understand the anti-suffragists.
Published date: August 14, 2020 at 12:00PM
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The Most Powerful People in American Politics Are Over 65

By Katie Glueck and Sabrina Tavernise
NYT U.S.
President Trump is 73. His leading rival is 77. And many of their strongest supporters — vulnerable to the coronavirus but enormously influential politically — are eligible for Social Security.
Published date: March 27, 2020 at 11:00AM
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Independent Voters See Economy Improving, a Potential Boon to Trump

By Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley
NYT Business Day
Consumer confidence has rebounded since recession warnings in the summer, particularly among voters who don’t lean toward either major party.
Published date: February 1, 2020 at 10:00AM
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Are Democratic Voters Truly Divided by Ideology?

By Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch
NYT The Upshot
Survey results suggests their views and priorities are far more alike than different, despite labels like moderate or progressive, centrist or liberal.
Published date: January 29, 2020 at 12:00PM
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How the G.O.P. Became the Party of the Left Behind

By Eduardo Porter
NYT Business Day
Dayton, Ohio, typifies the forces that have pushed those hurt by economic change toward the Republicans, while affluent places become more Democratic.
Published date: January 27, 2020 at 12:00PM
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These 526 Voters Represent All of America. And They Spent a Weekend Together.

By Unknown Author
NYT The Upshot
Four days at a resort outside Dallas, talking politics, with little bickering and no partisan labels. Here’s what they learned.
Published date: October 2, 2019 at 06:13PM
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What Democrats Could Lose With Their Left Turn

By Alexander Agadjanian
NYT The Upshot
A survey experiment shows that some independents are already being turned off.
Published date: September 30, 2019 at 12:00PM
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Moderate Democrats Fared Best in 2018. One Gets Another Chance Today.

By Nate Cohn
NYT The Upshot
A North Carolina election is also a chance to think about what kind of candidate might do best against President Trump.
Published date: September 10, 2019 at 12:00PM
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The Untapped Power of Rural Voters

By LaTosha Brown
NYT Opinion
They hold enormous potential for progressives.
Published date: June 10, 2019 at 02:13AM
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Four Years After Beau Biden’s Death, His Father Bonds With Voters in Pain

By Katie Glueck
NYT U.S.
As Joe Biden runs for president, there is evidence that his family tragedies have helped him form connections with voters grappling with their own grief.
Published date: May 30, 2019 at 12:00PM
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