Paper ballots – the key to reconstructing what happened in Iowa. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Herbert Lin, Stanford University As the confusion that was the Iowa caucuses unfolds, there will be a lot of questions about what happened and how to avoid it in the future. But the results, ultimately, […] Read more »
‘Election Meltdown Is A Real Possibility’ In 2020 Presidential Race, Author Warns
What if a blackout were to happen in a major city in one of America’s swing states on Election Day 2020? Or if an error occurred while tabulating electronic ballots? How would the electorate respond if one of the candidates refused to concede the election? These are all scenarios that […] Read more »
Obstruction and Interference
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Brett Neely, an editor with NPR’s Washington desk, joins the discussion. Are Americans confident that this November’s elections will be safe and secure? What do they think is the biggest threat to the integrity of the nation’s elections? Neely offers his insight as […] Read more »
Americans Feel Less Safe after Killing of Soleimani
On January 3, the United States launched a drone strike in Iraq that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, ramping up tensions between Washington and Tehran. Results from a just-completed Chicago Council survey show that more Americans think the strike has made the United States less safe than more […] Read more »
American voters worry they can’t spot misleading information, poll finds
Four years after Russia launched a cyber campaign to disrupt and influence the 2016 presidential campaign, about a third of Americans say misleading stories on social media pose the biggest threat to the safety of U.S. elections, and half think President Donald Trump encourages election interference, according to the latest […] Read more »
A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics
At first glance, the websites Conservative Edition News and Liberal Edition News have only one thing in common: Both have been carefully curated to inflame America’s culture wars. … The sites are the work of Ken LaCorte, the former Fox News executive who was accused of killing a story about […] Read more »