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Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, AP-NORC/USAFacts poll finds

Sep. 13, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When her husband turns on the television to hear news about the upcoming presidential election, that's often a signal for Lori Johnson Malveaux to leave the room. It can get to be too much. Often, she'll go to a TV in another room to watch a movie on the Hallmark...

Most Americans don't trust AI-powered election information: AP-NORC/USAFacts survey

Sep. 12, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Alabama. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. “I just don’t...

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results

Sep. 10, 2024 18:30 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he watched Fox News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the election and read posts on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, that distrust grew....

Polls close in Algeria, where voters are deciding whether to re-elect army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Sep. 07, 2024 16:18 PM EDT
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Polls close in Algeria, where voters are deciding whether to re-elect army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers

Aug. 28, 2024 01:28 AM EDT

JENA, Germany (AP) — When electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad first moved to Jena in 2013, she was smitten by what the eastern German city had to offer: a prestigious university, top research institutions, and cutting-edge technology companies, global leaders in their field. Eleven...

Republicans want voters to think Walz lied about his dog. False GOP claims could cause real damage

Aug. 27, 2024 22:59 PM EDT

Republicans turned Tim Walz’s outing at a dog park nearly three years ago into an attack on the Democratic vice presidential nominee this week, working on a false online narrative to paint Walz as a liar. The intended takeaway was that Walz somehow lied about the identity of his...

Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds

Aug. 21, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than the Minnesota governor. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

Tim Walz is better liked than JD Vance among US adults as Walz prepares to speak at the DNC, an AP-NORC poll shows

Aug. 21, 2024 00:15 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tim Walz is better liked than JD Vance among US adults as Walz prepares to speak at the DNC, an AP-NORC poll shows.

Favorable views of Kamala Harris have risen this summer heading into the DNC, AP-NORC poll shows

Aug. 19, 2024 00:08 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is entering the Democratic National Convention with increased excitement from Democrats and a steady rise in her favorability ratings among Americans as a whole. About half of U.S. adults — 48% — have a very or somewhat favorable...

Favorable views of Kamala Harris have risen to 48% heading into the Democratic convention, AP-NORC poll shows

Aug. 19, 2024 00:03 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Favorable views of Kamala Harris have risen to 48% heading into the Democratic convention, AP-NORC poll shows.