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Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff ATLANTA -- Donald Trump did not eke out a win this week. He staged a historic White House comeback, a national rebuke of the Democratic presidential [...]

It was a nationwide revolt by unhappy voters, the Democratic bleeding so extensive that in the aftermath some began to wonder if anyone could have stood against Donald Trump, Donald Trump did not eke out a win this week. He staged a historic White House comeback, a national rebuke of the Democratic presidential campaign. Kamala Harris raised more than [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff ATLANTA -- In Barack Obama's triumphant 2008 election campaign, he was not merely the first Black man to become president. He was also the leader of [...]

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In 2020, more than nine in 10 Black voters came out to support Joe Biden, but for Kamala Harris, support waned to 83 per cent of the Black vote, In Barack Obama’s triumphant 2008 election campaign, he was not merely the first Black man to become president. He was also the leader of a party that was the near-unanimous [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff ATLANTA -- In the heartland of Georgia, Hancock County is one of the most predominantly Black regions in the U.S. Rural and poor, its residents have [...]

With polling tight between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, a fraught atmosphere hovered over the counting of ballots, There has never been a U.S. election like this one. Its unexpected events have brought new heights of drama to the workings of American democracy, with two assassination attempts and [...]

Donald Trump has been projected to win in Georgia, which reversed course from its narrow vote in 2020 for Joe Biden, Jerard Stokes voted as a faithful registered Georgia Democrat until 2020. It was the rising cost of living that caused him to lose faith in his party. Donald Trump’s promises [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff MACON, GA. -- Donald Trump no longer talks about draining the swamp. He spends less time professing love - for his country, for his companies, for [...]

Much of what Trump has to say in the concluding hours of this year’s presidential campaign remains remarkably unchanged from the speeches and promises that thrust him into the White House eight years ago, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/donald-trump/no longer talks about draining the swamp. He spends less time professing love – for his country, for his companies, for his crowds. His musings about retribution are laced with [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff MORGANTON, N.C. -- He luxuriates in bombast, unconcerned by the niceties once expected of public discourse. He is a political outsider whose past is pocked with [...]

Mr. Robinson was down by 15 percentage points in a recent poll. He has raised only 10 per cent of the funds brought in by his Democratic rival, He luxuriates in bombast, unconcerned by the niceties once expected of public discourse. He is a political outsider whose past is pocked with sexual indiscretions, racially-charged comments and a brazen [...]

Hurricane Helene struck the state weeks before election day, leaving destruction so complete that those overseeing state elections contemplated extraordinary measures, The morning sun has yet to emerge from the trees as Cliff Marr navigates the concrete slabs laid down as a temporary crossing over the Big Hungry River. Upstream, a [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff Election polls are one of the main currencies of U.S. presidential elections, the slivers of information that form the foundation of political strategies, the wellspring of [...]

One of the key questions in this year’s U.S. election is whether changes to polling techniques and statistical computations have brought the polls into line with the leanings of the electorate, Election polls are one of the main currencies of https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/2024-united-states-presidential-election/, the slivers of information that form the foundation of political strategies, the wellspring of campaign optimism and the global handicapping [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff Colorado's eighth congressional district carves a zigzagging path around the northeastern suburbs of Denver, across plains once settled by homesteaders and around the beef processing plants [...]

The state is part of a bid for independent commissions to draw lines for voting districts, Colorado’s eighth congressional district carves a zigzagging path around the northeastern suburbs of Denver, across plains once settled by homesteaders and around the beef processing plants that, today, make up [...]

Political strategists are calculating scenarios where the outcome of a pivotal race comes down to the ballots cast by the Assiniboine, Sioux, Blackfeet and other Indigenous peoples of the state, A pickup pulled a trailer with hay-bale seating through the streets of Poplar, Mont., this week, picking up dozens of people and delivering them to the Medicine Bear Complex, where [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff MISSOULA, MONT. -- A pickup pulled a trailer with hay-bale seating through the streets of Poplar, Mont., this week, picking up dozens of people and delivering [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff MISSOULA, MONT. -- The Montana city of Missoula extends along a valley carved by the Clark Fork of the Columbia River between mountain ranges - the [...]

The importance of immigration and border security to voters in the country’s more remote and rural corners underscores Republican success in using the issue to bolster support, The Montana city of Missoula extends along a valley carved by the Clark Fork of the Columbia River between mountain ranges – the Bitterroots to the southwest, the Rattlesnakes to [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff Earlier this month, Bernie Sanders travelled to the sprawling industrial outskirts of Detroit to meet with striking workers at a Marathon Petroleum refinery. His appearance was [...]

Organized labour has historically provided a bedrock of Democratic support, but this year it has commanded attention from both political parties, Earlier this month, Bernie Sanders travelled to the sprawling industrial outskirts of Detroit to meet with striking workers at a Marathon Petroleum refinery. His appearance was more than a show [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff SAN ANTONIO, TEX. -- Cecilia Castellano was still in bed when the two agents rang her doorbell at 6 a.m. The men said they were with [...]

The home raids are part of what the Attorney-General calls an investigation into allegations of voter fraud, but critics call it voter intimidation through law enforcement, Cecilia Castellano was still in bed when the two agents rang her doorbell at 6 a.m. The men said they were with the office of the Texas Attorney-General, and they [...]

Michigan has one of the largest Arab-American populations in the country, and it’s among the few states likely to decide the results of the presidential election, Imam Belal Alzuhiry shifted on his feet one morning this week as he glanced around the unusual place he found himself. A few steps away, retirees shuffled down escalators to [...]

It is impossible to know exactly how many Americans die at the hands of undocumented migrants each year, because that information does not exist, Donald Trump has placed the spectre of a porous border at the heart of his re-election campaign. Countless criminals have snuck in on Democrats’ watch, he has said, 13,099 murderers [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff Donald Trump has placed the spectre of a porous border at the heart of his re-election campaign. Countless criminals have snuck in on Democrats' watch, he [...]

The Republican has played a key role in remaking the abortion landscape in the U.S., with restoring access a central part of Democratic national campaigns in this year’s election, For Democrats who see the possibility of securing new votes in Texas, Ted Cruz has the makings of an ideal opponent. In the six years since he narrowly won re-election, [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff For Democrats who see the possibility of securing new votes in Texas, Ted Cruz has the makings of an ideal opponent. In the six years since [...]

Okanagan Nation Alliance in Canada says governments and industry need to limit the influence of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a group based in eastern Washington whose claims challenge the nature of the U.S.-Canada border, One of the most powerful Indigenous alliances in Canada is opening a new campaign to sideline a tribal group in the U.S. that has claimed the right to influence development [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff VANCOUVER -- One of the most powerful Indigenous alliances in Canada is opening a new campaign to sideline a tribal group in the U.S. that has [...]

Among the questions in Helene’s destructive wake is whether the hurricane will alter the political balance, When Kamala Harris arrived in the Georgia city of Augusta this week, she promised an outpouring of federal funds to rebuild what Hurricane Helene has torn down and expressed sympathy [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff When Kamala Harris arrived in the Georgia city of Augusta this week, she promised an outpouring of federal funds to rebuild what Hurricane Helene has torn [...]

Vance is showing a new generation of Republicans how to more effectively communicate the message of Trumpism, just as parts of the country grow more receptive to it, On the vice-presidential debate stage in New York City on Tuesday evening, J.D. Vance advocated for American isolationism, defended the right of states to cut off access to abortion and [...]

Tuesday night’s debate took on increased importance, with candidates seeking to break open the deadlocked race, Tim Walz portrayed Donald Trump as an unsteady and ineffectual leader while JD Vance accused Kamala Harris of not doing enough during her time in office, in a high-stakes U.S. [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff SUNLAND PARK, N.M. -- The Chihuahuan Desert reaches north from Mexico into the southwestern United States, a great arid expanse in the rain shadow of the [...]

The shift in Reeves County is part of a broader political realignment that is calling into question long-held assumptions about U.S. voters and the way electoral maps are drawn, For about as long as anyone can remember, the people of Reeves County were poor, most of them Hispanic. And they voted Democratic. The West Texas county was once a [...]

PECOS, TEX. -- For about as long as anyone can remember, the people of Reeves County were poor, most of them Hispanic. And they voted Democratic. The West Texas county [...]

The province’s coroner’s office declined to explain why the probe continues into the death of Hua Yong, The B.C. Coroners Service has not yet completed an investigation into the death of Chinese dissident Hua Yong, whose body was found nearly two years ago after he left on [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE, STEVEN CHASE The BC Coroners Service has not yet completed an investigation into the death of Chinese dissident Hua Yong, whose body was found nearly two years [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE, STEVEN CHASE The BC Coroners Service has not yet completed an investigation into the death of Chinese dissident Hua Yong, whose body was found nearly two years [...]

Washington State’s Clallam County offers a glimpse of how the debate reshaped opinions - or reinforced them, Even before the people of Washington State’s windswept Olympic peninsula tuned in for Tuesday’s https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-the-us-presidential-debate-was-a-gabfest-that-disintegrated-into-a/, there were signs they were leaning toward Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, with his glowering depiction [...]

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sought to use each minute of the debate to pummel, mock, insult and question each other’s honesty and strength, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/kamala-harris/and https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/donald-trump/ strode onto a Pennsylvania debate stage, shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. “Let’s have a good debate,” Ms. Harris said. “Nice to see you,” Mr. Trump responded. “Have fun.” [...]

Presidential candidates spar over immigration, abortion in only scheduled matchup ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/kamala-harris/ came out swinging against https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/donald-trump/ during their only scheduled debate and first-ever meeting ahead of the Nov. 5 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/2024-united-states-presidential-election/, putting in an aggressive performance seemingly calculated to pre-empt her [...]

The GOP is struggling to navigate an issue where the views of the committed party faithful differ starkly from those of the broader American public, Of all the grisly possibilities invoked by politicians in this U.S. election season, few compare with the image of a newly born infant killed by the medical professionals who, just [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff Of all the grisly possibilities invoked by politicians in this U.S. election season, few compare with the image of a newly born infant killed by the [...]

Byline: NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE; Staff CHICAGO -- Tanya Haj-Hassan pauses for a moment as she casts her mind back to the boy, maybe eight or nine, who arrived at the hospital [...]

Kept off the main stage, physicians, journalists and Palestinian-Americans at the convention have been pressing for more support for Gazans, Tanya Haj-Hassan pauses for a moment as she casts her mind back to the boy, maybe eight or nine, who arrived at the hospital in Gaza with a double femoral [...]

Polling has shown nearly eight in 10 U.S. voters worry about falsified impersonations of candidates or faked content, Some of the images are obvious fakes: Donald Trump, thick tattooed biceps bulging as he brandishes an assault rifle in front of the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Trump and Kamala Harris [...]