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Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom

Nov. 17, 2024 10:04 AM EST

The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote. According to Associated Press elections data, more...

North Carolina Democrats find electoral success further down the ballot and hope to build on it

Nov. 17, 2024 08:14 AM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election, but scored significant downballot victories, giving them hope as they look to the future. Despite Donald Trump's more than 3-percentage...

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She's still sending persistent appeals to donors

Nov. 16, 2024 14:29 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris...

Betty White Forever: New stamp will honor the much-beloved 'Golden Girls' actor

Nov. 16, 2024 13:05 PM EST

The United States Postal Service might have found a way to unite a nation bitterly divided after this month's election: It's releasing a Betty White stamp. The beloved actor known for roles in “The Golden Girls," “The Mary Tyler Moore Show," “Boston Legal,” and others will be...

From New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House

Nov. 16, 2024 08:38 AM EST

TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — Patrons at Murph's Tavern are toasting not just Donald Trump's return to the presidency but the fact that he carried their northern New Jersey county, a longtime Democratic stronghold in the shadow of New York City. To Maria Russo, the woman pouring the drinks,...

The Latest: Trump tests Congress with his controversial Cabinet picks

Nov. 15, 2024 23:35 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans say they have a mandate to govern. But an uneasy question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent in the U.S. Congress? Even before taking office, Trump is challenging the Senate, in particular, to dare defy him over the...

All 17 counties in the battleground state of Nevada certify election results

Nov. 15, 2024 21:21 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Election certification meetings on Friday in Nevada's two most populous counties were roiled by voting conspiracies while local officials in the state's rural counties quietly approved election results that favored President-elect Donald Trump. Friday was the...

Ruben Gallego did better than most Democrats. He says his party needs to stoke working class roots

Nov. 15, 2024 18:32 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Building authentic connections with working-class voters can help Democrats find their way back to power in Washington, incoming Democratic Sen.-elect Ruben Gallego of Arizona said Friday. Taking stock of election results that showed him doing significantly better...

Transgender-rights advocates say the election of Trump and his allies marks a major setback

Nov. 15, 2024 17:37 PM EST

Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights. For America's LGBTQ-rights movement, it adds up to one of the most sustained setbacks in its history. For transgender Americans,...

Trump won more young voters, but many don't agree with him on issues: AP VoteCast

Nov. 15, 2024 08:32 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans ages 18 to 29 swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but they came to his coalition with sharply different views and interests than older conservatives or most top Republican leaders. Trump won nearly half of voters in the...