Elections The U.S. Might Have Its First 2024 Primary — in 2023? New Hampshire hosts the last primary of the midterms, but appears so committed to hosting its 2024 presidential primary before anyone else…it may even move it all the way back to 2023. New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan tells LX News Political Editor Noah Pransky why we all have a stake in the Granite State’s primary.
Elections Election Night Takeaways: Abortion Backlash and Trump's Revenge Many candidates supported by former President Donald Trump won their GOP primaries Tuesday night, including a GOP candidate for governor of Michigan.
youth vote 5 Charts That Show the Real Threat of Young Voters Skipping the Midterms These graphs show which factors might influence youth voter turnout in 2022’s midterm elections.
US Capitol Riot Former Oath Keeper Warns of Potential for Future Extremist Violence Former spokesman for the Oath Keepers extremist group Jason Van Tatenhove testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee that he believes that without intervention, domestic extremism groups could incite violence in future elections. “We’ve gotten exceedingly lucky that more bloodshed did not happen.”
voting 5 Times a Small Number of Votes Had a Huge Influence on Policy It may feel like a few votes never make a difference, but don’t tell that to the members of Congress who won their jobs by single digits.
Elections Why Your Individual Vote Matters More Than You Think — Even in Federal Elections We’ve all been tempted to sit out an election by convincing ourselves one vote doesn’t matter that much. But the truth is a single-digit number of votes can have a big impact on federal and local policies. NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky looks back at several elections where only a few votes made a big difference.
Elections 3 Reasons the Political Primary System Is Broken — and 3 Ways To Fix It The U.S. is pretty much the only country in the world that holds primary elections before the general one, and this system is a major reason American politics has become so dysfunctional, according to NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky. He breaks down why primaries disenfranchise voters and create more extreme candidates, and possible solutions to fix them.
Elections Political Primaries: It's Time To Fix ‘Em or Ditch ‘Em Primaries are producing more extreme candidates, who are producing a more dysfunctional government. Here are three ways to fix them.
political polls Maybe It's Time To Stop Sharing Election Polls Polls score way more hits than misses, but the growing distrust of polling science is dangerous .
political polls Are Election Polls Accurate? Polls attempting to predict the outcome of elections have prompted a lot of criticism recently. But in the 2020 presidential race and the 2018 midterms, polling was actually pretty accurate. NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky breaks down why so many people distrust political polls and how faith in them can be restored.
