Elections

Super Tuesday’s results don’t always match primaries’ design

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After Democrats saw Walter Mondale lose 49 states to President Ronald Reagan in 1984, party le...
21:39 1 March 2022

Bloomberg banking on Florida but must survive Super Tuesday

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Broome is a 56-year-old married gay man living in St. Petersburg, Florida. Until recent...
17:13 1 March 2022

Slovakia’s populists win vote with anti-corruption stance

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s center-right populist opposition claimed victory Sunday in the country’s parliame...
15:11 1 March 2022

Some states make it harder for college students to vote

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University student Will Newell wishes it was easier for college students like him to ca...
13:45 1 March 2022

AP VoteCast: Voters prioritize health care in South Carolina

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary election in South Carolina called health care the...
22:30 28 February 2022

Key questions heading into South Carolina Democratic primary

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina primary is certain to be a fork in the road for Democrats’ 2020 presidential...
10:01 28 February 2022

Speaker rejects Mahathir’s call as Malaysia’s turmoil grows

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The speaker of Malaysia’s House rejected interim leader Mahathir Mohamad’s call for a vote...
6:53 28 February 2022

Sanders’ rise fuels Dems’ angst; Pelosi won’t intervene

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ascendancy as Democrats’ leading presidential hopeful fueled growing unease as la...
18:57 27 February 2022

Steyer courts voters that Biden needs for decisive SC win

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden’s political future depends on convincing South Carolina’s black voters to rally behind...
17:29 27 February 2022

AP-NORC poll: Election security, integrity worry Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans have widespread concerns about the security and integrity of elections, with few saying they...
13:00 27 February 2022

Tunisia approves government after months of deadlock

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia has a new government at last, after four months of arguing among rival parties in the youn...
9:05 27 February 2022

Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide cam...
5:17 27 February 2022

Fight by 2 Republicans for Georgia Senate seat unnerves GOP

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Republican congressman’s decision to challenge freshly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler is pitting ...
5:15 27 February 2022

Shifting demographics drive GOP nosedive on US West Coast

BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill oper...
21:49 26 February 2022

Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump’s campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as i...
20:00 26 February 2022

Biden claims momentum as Sanders marches past debate fray

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eyeing a South Carolina victory to rescue his presidential ambitions, Joe Biden claimed one of t...
16:21 26 February 2022

Malaysia’s Mahathir wants nonpartisan gov’t if picked as PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday that he will form a new nonpartisan government if he is el...
11:45 26 February 2022

AP Explains: Malaysia political upheaval as leader resigns

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s ruling alliance collapsed this week after 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir M...
0:32 26 February 2022

Impeachment fades for Slotkin as Democrats try to pivot away

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man held up a hostile poster a few rows behind Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin as she spoke. O...
14:12 24 February 2022

Moderates hustle to blunt Sanders’ momentum after Nevada win

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a...
18:35 23 February 2022

Reliability of pricey new voting machines questioned

In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. pres...
16:45 23 February 2022

Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s interior ministry said voter turnout in recent parliamentary elections stood at 42.57%, the f...
12:45 23 February 2022

Germany’s Hamburg city in elections marked by climate issues

BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Hamburg, Germany’s second-biggest city, go to the polls Sunday to pick a new regional assembly i...
8:41 23 February 2022

Israel’s Lieberman stills holds keys to future government

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel finds itself in a familiar place after a tumultuous election campaign — with maverick politician...
7:04 23 February 2022

Togo vote could see Gnassingbes extend decades-long rule

LOME, Togo (AP) — The West African nation of Togo is voting Saturday in a presidential election that is likely to see th...
7:34 22 February 2022

2016 again? Russia back to stirring chaos in U.S. election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks into this year’s election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. preside...
0:20 22 February 2022

Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in Chi...
11:27 21 February 2022

Tech boom, suburban growth drive Nevada’s Democratic shift

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Twenty years ago, long before Nevada was part of the early presidential selection process, the phone t...
5:15 21 February 2022

Democrats big money pledges give way to reality of 2020 race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Democratic presidential candidates launched their campaigns last year with bold pledges to reject...
5:02 21 February 2022

Irish lawmakers meet as wrangling to form government goes on

LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday for the first time since an election two weeks ago that left three ...
17:25 20 February 2022