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October 17, 2024

In the campaign’s final weeks, Harris is keeping a focus on ‘blue wall’ states

Vice President Kamala Harris is focusing her campaign on the crucial "blue wall" states to avoid a repeat of 2016's…
Wisconsin Voters Head To The Polls On State's Primary Day
October 31, 2022

Poll workers train for conflict: ‘A little nervous? I am.’

Nearly 20 poll workers in Milwaukee were instructed on how to resolve disturbances on Election Day, such as confrontational poll…
November 29, 2020

Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump

Wisconsin finished a recount of its presidential results on Sunday, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump.
November 28, 2020

Trump failed to block Biden from winning Pennsylvania again

President Donald Trump's case to block President-elect Joe Biden from winning Pennsylvania was dismissed in the federal appeals court.
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November 21, 2020

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes.
November 3, 2020

Final polls show Biden ahead of Trump in battleground states

RealClearPolitics shows Biden up in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona, in points ranging from half to nearly…
November 1, 2020

Trump begins last-minute campaign efforts in Michigan

Republican President Donald Trump has begun holding a series of campagin events in Michigan and other battleground states before Tuesday.
July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton kicks off swing state tour vowing to create jobs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kicking off her fall campaign for the White House, Hillary Clinton used her first post-convention rally Friday…
October 8, 2013

Florida voter ID ‘mistakes’ may have national implications

OPINION - Maybe Florida Governor Rick Perry should have listened to everyone who warned that voter purging is highly flawed...
January 25, 2013

NAACP condemns Virginia GOP plan to split electoral votes

theGRIO REPORT - Since Virginia serves as a crucial and hard-fought swing state, with a growing and influential minority voting…
November 29, 2012

Obama's popular vote lead expands, Romney ironically falls to 47 percent

theGRIO REPORT - With more votes from western blue states and provisional ballots (which overwhelmingly favored the president) coming in,…
November 5, 2012

Record Latino vote for Obama expected, could tip 4 swing states, says latest poll

NBC LATINO - A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll, the last one of 11 weeks of tracking Latino voters, finds…
November 2, 2012

Why I can't wait for this election to be over

OPINION - I’m tired of being forced to watch political pundits and newspapers tell me the opposite information on the…
October 31, 2012

6 days left: Obama maintains very narrow advantage

ANALYSIS - President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him…
October 29, 2012

Five things to watch in final week of campaign

AP-JOBS REPORT: The final unemployment rate report comes Friday — just four days before Election Day. The economy remains voters'…
October 25, 2012

Why are African-Americans so dominant in early voting?

theGRIO REPORT - It might be too early to know for sure whether African-American turnout will trump 2008 numbers, but…
October 24, 2012

New Obama ad reminds voters of Florida 2000 vote recount

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama's campaign has put out a new ad reminding voters of the controversial 2000 Florida…
October 18, 2012

Polls: Obama holds his lead in Iowa, Wisconsin

NBC NEWS - With fewer than three weeks until Election Day, new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls show President Barack…
September 19, 2012

Obama's biggest hurdle: Will his base turn out?

ANALYSIS - Obama is more reliant than Romney on blocs of voters who are not as consistent in turning out,…
September 10, 2012

Where the black vote will matter most

theGRIO REPORT - As President Obama and Mitt Romney's contest has entered its final two months, the electoral map is…