Tag: voters
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Harris will ask voters to ‘turn the page’ on Trump era at the site of his Jan. 6 speech
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris will hold a rally Tuesday near the White House at the site where Donald Trump addressed a crowd he encouraged to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly before it was violently attacked in a bid to overturn the election he lost. Harris is scheduled to speak seven days…
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Voters will decide on nearly 150 ballot measures next week. Here are the ones to watch.
Voters across the country are set to decide on nearly 150 ballot measures next week that will shape the future of a wide variety of policy issues in their states. Constitutional amendments related to abortion rights have drawn the most national attention in an election year that has otherwise been dominated by the presidential race.…
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How infrequent voters could decide the election: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down merged NBC News polling data that shows how important infrequent voters…
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How much sway do young male voters have in the 2024 election? Here are some clues.
They’re a group that previous presidential candidates may have overlooked. Now, young men have emerged as a voting bloc that could potentially swing an election expected to see a razor-thin margin of victory for the candidate who wins. And so far, surveys are showing younger men increasingly drifting toward Donald Trump and Republicans. An NBC…
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North Carolina Spanish-language signs warning of noncitizen voting an intimidation tool against Latino voters, groups say
During the first week of early voting in North Carolina, civil rights organizations operating voter intimidation hotlines in the state received over a dozen alarming calls from voters and residents about the proliferation of Spanish-language signs at polling sites warning noncitizens not to vote, even though it’s already illegal and rare. More than 500 of…
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Meet the voters who skipped the last election but are jumping in this time: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, national political reporter Ben Kamisar breaks down our latest focus group of voters who did not participate in…
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Some voters joke they want to ‘cancel out’ family members’ ballots in new TikTok trend
With Election Day around the corner, some households are finding that the best way to cope with political differences is humor. On TikTok, dozens of users are posting tongue-in-cheek videos about how their vote will “cancel out” someone else’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum — including their parents, friends and partners. The…
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Miami voters weighed in on the presidential race 6 months ago; here’s what they think now
MIAMI — With less than two weeks before the presidential election, NBC News and MSNBC checked in with a group of voters in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, where 69% of its residents are Latino. The county was once considered a Democratic stronghold but, in the last midterm election, it voted for Republican candidates for governor and…
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Voters who sat out 2020 weigh whether to jump in for Trump or Harris this time
A new focus group of voters who plan to cast ballots this fall — but didn’t participate in the 2020 presidential election — illustrates how both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are leaning on a core message to try to expand the electorate in a close race. Among these voters, Harris…
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Women drive big advantage for Harris among young voters, with men divided
Half of registered voters under 30 years old plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and one-third are lining up with former President Donald Trump — relatively unchanged from a previous survey in August, according to the new NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey. And among young voters who say…