Some state averages started later in 2024 because of a lack of sufficient early polling. Source: Averages by The New York Times; polls collected by FiveThirtyEight and The Times. Nate CohnChief political analyst Despite a strong debate performance,

Election officials across the country struggle to enhance security measures to adequately safeguard workers and ensure voting integrity in advance of Election Day

In a campaign that has seen two attempted assassinations of one of the candidates, gun policy has still not been a factor.

Americans began casting their first in-person votes on Friday in a presidential election six weeks away that both Republican and Democratic leaders call the most important in generations. The stakes are high: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and other party leaders have described Republican nominee Donald Trump as a threat to democracy,

Countries could use next week's U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world's annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the U.S. election could jeopardize progress ahead of the next U.

Georgia election officials are requiring poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand. The State Election Board voted 3-2 on Friday to approve the new rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general’s office,

Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered voters.

Forty-five days before a very important election, we're stuck on anti-Taylor Swift rage and cat memes. Let's get this over with.

Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation that Election Day might provide new proof that their cause is broadly unpopular.

Republican Laurie Buckhout wants “America first” initiatives, incumbent Democrat Don Davis says the route is to invest in communities. In one of the tightest U.S. House races in the nation, Buckhout and Davis are fighting to win the only truly competitive congressional race North Carolina.