In the late 20th century and early 2000s, missing some of these voters had not been a big problem, because white college graduates and white non-graduates voted similarly. In 2016, these voters shifted to Mr. Trump, and the polls had failed to capture it. The report by AAPOR offered an…
YANGON (Reuters) – Yarzar Tuns whole family backed Myanmars Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the landslide 2015 election that swept her to power. As fighting this year in western Rakhine state crept closer to his home, he decided he would not vote for her again. People wearing protective…
YANGON (Reuters) – Yarzar Tuns whole family backed Myanmars Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the landslide 2015 election that swept her to power. As fighting this year in western Rakhine state crept closer to his home, he decided he would not vote for her again. People wearing protective…
It’s no secret that UK politics is male-dominated. The last general election in Dec. 2019 saw record numbers of women elected to parliament, but despite that, two thirds of MPs are male. Here to challenge the status quo is a new political fund for women called Activate, which has launched…
Many top figures in Reagans world sat down for interviews, including James Baker, who was Reagans chief of staff, George Shultz, the secretary of state, and Colin Powell, the national security adviser. The Reagans son, Ron Jr., is a prominent voice throughout the series, chatty and candid. But their daughter,…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won an unexpected victory on Tuesday in elections in India’s second-largest state, further bolstering his party’s political dominance even as the nation confronts the world’s second-highest tally of COVID-19 cases and its worst economic downturn for four decades. Exit polls from Bihar,…
Their fortunes have waxed and waned, largely independent of Mr. Trump. In France, the right-wing leader Marine Le Pen suffered a crushing defeat by Emmanuel Macron in 2017, at a time when the American president was riding high. Now, with Mr. Macron beleaguered by the pandemic and deeply unpopular, polls…
“Finally, after four years, Americans can exhale,” said an ecstatic Stephen Colbert on Monday. “Unless you’re near other people, then please don’t because of the pandemic.” Colbert broke out the champagne to celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over the weekend, denying “president-reject” Donald Trump a second term and prompting people…
Daters are increasingly concerned with politics. Getty An increasing number of online daters say they can’t put politics aside when it comes to looking for love. New data out Monday from OkCupid shows that 69% of respondents in the US said they’d prefer their date to share their political beliefs.…
