Election News
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Our Election’s Utter Losers and Winners
Deservedly, the 2024 Election’s Losers The polls—with the exception once again of AltasIntel, Trafalgar, and Rasmussen—were off, and way off in the Senate races. The pollsters’ reputation is again in full reverse and now back to their nadir of 2020 and 2016. Many shamelessly warped their data in the last two weeks to gin up…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Corporate Media Is This Election’s Big Loser
The biggest loser following Tuesday’s astounding election—besides the Democrat Party’s agenda—is the corporate media that desperately tried to manufacture a president. The legacy media’s full-blown implosion has been a long time coming. In the span of a few decades, America’s biggest media outlets have entirely squandered their credibility. And Americans are going elsewhere for their…Jarrett Stepman -
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How Republicans Kept the Voting Secure, Swept 9 Ballot Integrity Measures
With unaddressed allegations of fraud dominating the months following the 2020 presidential election, Republicans made election integrity a major focus on Tuesday night. The Republican National Committee and its team of lawyers were quick to respond to potential hijinks Tuesday night, while voters followed up with a resounding push for ballot integrity in nine states. …S.A. McCarthy -
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Voters Decide Future of Ranked Choice Voting
Voters in Western states and the District of Columbia voted on some form of ranked choice voting or “jungle primaries” that includes ranking the final candidates in the general election. Voters in Nevada, a battleground state in the presidential race, rejected Question 3, according to Ballotpedia. This was a ballot measure that would have moved the state…Fred Lucas -
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Winners and Losers of Election 2024
Here’s a look at some of the winners and losers of the 2024 election. Winners The Alternative Media In the run-up to Election Day, former President Donald Trump circumvented the corporate media and instead chose long-form podcast interviews to make his closing argument. These long-form interviews with podcast megastars such as Joe Rogan brought Trump’s…Katrina Trinko -
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How Trump Won Swing State of North Carolina
Donald Trump secured North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes Tuesday night in what looks like a successful bid to reclaim the presidency he lost in 2020. Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, held multiple rallies in the swing state before Election Day. Trump was leading Harris by 51% to 47.8%,…Virginia Allen -
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Amid Lawsuit Over Dead Names on Voter Rolls, Here’s What Happens When Election Watchdog Meets Michigan’s Secretary of State
Election lawyer J. Christian Adams said he had a brief encounter on Election Day with Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, who his organization has sued over voter roll maintenance regarding the names of more than 25,000 dead people. Adams is president of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election integrity watchdog…Fred Lucas -
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After Being Sued, DOJ Agrees Not To Interfere in Texas Election
THE CENTER SQUARE—Within a few hours of being sued, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed not to interfere in Tuesday’s election process and a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to ensure it didn’t. On Friday, the DOJ announced its plan “to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions in 27…Bethany Blankley -
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Voters May Have Had Enough of Rogue Prosecutors
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Several left-wing district attorneys could find themselves out of a job after Tuesday’s election as voters voice their frustration with an explosion in crime ripping through their communities, including three California jurisdictions. With many progressive prosecutors on the ballot this election, polling and fundraising data shows that voters are rejecting soft-on-crime policies…Wallace White -
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WATCH: America Prepares for Its Most Contested Election in Decades
As early voting has wrapped up, Elise McCue joins “The Tony Kinnett Cast” to discuss what could be the craziest and most contested Election Day in decades. McCue brings a fresh perspective from one of Donald Trump’s final rallies of the campaign, held Saturday in Virginia, which was thought to be a blue state, but…Tony Kinnett -
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8 Voting Controversies That Could Spark Disputes After Election Day
Election Day is accompanied by some major voting controversies in battleground states, with lawsuits and investigations looking into alleged voter registration fraud, overseas ballots, and complaints about how some jurisdictions follow election law. Both Democrats and Republicans brought lawsuits. Some matters already have been settled. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court sided last week with…Fred Lucas -
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‘If We Don’t Win, It’s All Over’: Battleground Pennsylvania Voters Embrace Decisive Role
PITTSBURGH—With the nation’s eyes fixed particularly on Pennsylvania for Tuesday’s election, Victory Road seemed a fitting location for residents anticipating the outcome. One of the street’s residents, Nancy Roderick, 89, said the stakes are high. “I think if we don’t win this time, it’s all over,” Roderick, a resident in the North Hills suburbs of…Fred Lucas -
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Majority of Pennsylvania’s Mail-In Ballots Returned
THE CENTER SQUARE—The majority of mail-in ballots requested in Pennsylvania have been returned as of 8 a.m. Monday. Of the 2.2 million issued, the Department of State is in receipt of 1.8 million, or 81.4%, according to its daily report. By party, Democrats have mailed in 83.1% of the 1.2 million requested; Republicans 82.1% out…Christen Smith -
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‘DRIVES ME CRAZY’: Pennsylvania Voters Open Up About the ‘Level of Corruption in Voting’
WEXFORD, Pa.—After a string of recent voting-related controversies in Pennsylvania, one reason that Pittsburgh resident Joseph Costa dropped off his absentee ballot at a polling station Thursday is because he doesn’t trust the process. “It’s convenient. I don’t like it this way. But to be honest, I don’t trust the system,” Costa told The Daily…Fred Lucas -
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Drug Crisis That Kills 75,000 Americans Annually Should Be Central to Election, Arizona Sheriff Says
It’s not so much the people flooding across the southern border affecting Arizonans, as what some of the illegal immigrants carry with them. Illegal aliens don’t stay in the state, according to Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Lamb. Instead, they travel to “California, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago, Iowa, Alabama,” he says, adding, “But what…Virginia Allen -
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Voters in Battleground Pennsylvania Flex Electoral Muscles in Early Voting
GIBSONIA, Pa.—Walking back from an early-voting site at North Park Ice Rink, Charles Schrankel of Ross Township, Pennsylvania, said he dropped off a ballot on which he voted straight Republican. “I voted [the] straight Republican ticket, and I don’t always vote straight party,” Shrankel told The Daily Signal outside the polling station in Wexford, Pennsylvania. …Fred Lucas -
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Voting Absentee? Return Your Ballot in Person, Don’t Mail It
However you choose to vote in Tuesday’s election, it’s critical to have a plan to cast your ballot. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who vote by mail, recent difficulties experienced by the United States Postal Service mean it’s even more important to have a plan to ensure your ballot makes it into…Jonathon Hauenschild -
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Behind the Persistent Sense of Unease Before the Election
As we move to the conclusion of this election cycle, there seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree. That is, that something is very wrong in our nation. In the latest Gallup polling, only 22% say they are satisfied with the direction of the country. The highest this has been over…Star Parker -
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Trump Slams Harris, Aims to Galvanize Voters in Swing State 6 Days Before Election
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.—“We’re running a campaign of solutions to save America, an America which they have virtually destroyed,” former President Donald Trump said of the Biden-Harris administration at a Wednesday afternoon rally here. To elect Vice President Kamala Harris as president “would be to gamble with the lives of millions and millions of people,” Trump…Virginia Allen -
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‘SHUT THE SPIGOT OFF’: Ben Shapiro Reveals The New York Times’ Strategy to Silence the Right Ahead of Election Day
Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire, explained what he sees as The New York Times’ strategy to silence conservatives and interfere in the election by pressuring YouTube to take adverse action against conservatives who allegedly spread “election misinformation.” New York Times reporter Nico Grant reached out to numerous conservative figures, including Shapiro, former Fox…Tyler O’Neil