More US voters than ever care about climate – but will they go to the polls?
New poll shows climate and environment the top priority for 14% of voters, raising prospect of large turnout for green issues
August 2016
US voters largely uninfluenced by meet-and-greet campaign stops, study finds
Analysis of 2012 elections finds Americans largely don’t know or care about the small-scale visits politicians make at diners, delis and restaurants across US
June 2016
Obama gives strong critique of Trump's proposed Muslim ban – video
Mitt Romney warns Donald Trump will cause 'trickle-down racism' in the US
August 2015
Ron Paul's top 2012 campaign staff members indicted on felony charges
Indictments are the culmination of a long investigation into Paul campaign’s alleged hidden payments to an Iowa state senator to endorse him for president
May 2015
Arizona woman who ran over husband for not voting sentenced to prison
Holly Nicole Solomon pleaded guilty in April to hitting her husband because he failed to vote in the 2012 election – she will serve three and half years
April 2015
Voting machine password hacks as easy as 'abcde', details Virginia state report
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO's combative president: 'We still punch far above our weight'
November 2013
Harry Enten: on polling and politics
Americans won't 'throw the bums out' in 2014
Harry J Enten
Harry J Enten: Congress has an epically low approval rating, but history and polling suggest there likely won't be an 'anti-incumbent wave'
October 2013
Is the Republican party's effort to win black voters just skin-deep?
Crystal Wright
Crystal Wright: After Romney's loss in 2012, the RNC made great play of wooing minorities. Erika Harold exposes how thin that commitment is
June 2013
Harry Enten: on polling and politics
Gallup's 2012 election polling errors were only part of the problem
Harry J Enten
Harry J Enten: Gallup was caught out badly, but other national pollsters were off, too. It's time to look at different methods and new technologies
May 2013
Nate Silver: 'Prediction is a really important tool, it's not a game'
Nate Silver made a name for himself with his uncannily accurate predictions of baseball scores and US election results. But some things – from earthquakes to terrorism – even he can't predict
April 2013
Harry Enten: on polling and politics
Immigration reform won't deliver a Latino voter 'bonanza' to Democrats
Harry J Enten
Harry J Enten: To assume that 11 million undocumented immigrants potentially eligible to vote will change US political arithmetic is erroneous
March 2013
RNC chair: Republicans need overhaul to prevent 2016 election disaster
Reince Priebus says public perception of Republicans is at an all-time low and urges party must reach out to minority groups
February 2013
Harry Enten: on polling and politics
It's not Romney's fault – the economy helped re-elect Obama
Harry J Enten
Harry J Enten: Conservatives won't let go of the notion that Romney wasted an election, even though Obama benefited from economic growth
