Whither, Iowa? Dems Consider Shaking Up Primary Season
The Democratic National Committee is meeting this week in Washington to decide whether Iowa should still have the first caucus in the party's presidential nominating contest. President Biden and other...
2 Dec 202223min
Will Georgia Voters End Joe Manchin's Reign As King Of The Senate?
All eyes are on Georgia's Senate runoff election as Democrat Raphael Warnock fights for his first full term. He's up against Republican Herschel Walker, a former college football celebrity and politic...
1 Dec 202212min
Why Biden And Congress Are Trying To Stop A Railroad Strike
Railroad unions rejected a Biden-brokered deal to prevent a national strike over concerns that it did not include paid sick leave. Now, the president is pushing Congress to implement it anyway. Biden ...
30 Nov 202213min
Here's How Republicans Pulled Off Big Upsets In New York State
GOP candidates there embraced "bipartisan" messaging and capitalized on redrawn maps to flip four House seats from Democratic control in New York. Democratic hopefuls also didn't benefit as much as ca...
29 Nov 202213min
Rural Voters, Latino Voters Defy Easy Narratives in Midterms
In Pennsylvania, Democratic candidates managed to turnout their rural supporters while many rural Republicans stayed home. And long-term under-investment in Latino voter engagement by Democrats contin...
28 Nov 202215min
Weekly Roundup: November 25, 2022
The 2022 election season is winding to a close. What can Democrats and Republicans learn from their candidates' successes and failures in this midterm cycle — and can any of those lessons be applied t...
25 Nov 202226min
Spare A Thought For Sparing Turkeys?
It's a holiday tradition unlike any other — the annual pardoning of Thanksgiving turkeys. But not everybody is a fan of giving the birds clemency, especially if they've had to report on it for more th...
24 Nov 20226min
How Do Election Polls Work?
Our colleagues at Planet Money had a simple question: how do pollsters do their work ahead of elections? They went to Marist College — home of the Marist Poll, which partners with NPR for its polling ...
23 Nov 202223min
