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Post-election, infrastructure question looms over Germany's flood-damaged regions

by Victoria Craig
Sep 27, 2021
The town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler illustrates many of the climate change and infrastructure issues that have been part of the election's talking points.
A man rides his bicycle on streets destroyed by the flood in Bad Neuenahr, western Germany on August 25, 2021, weeks after heavy rain and floods caused major damage in the Ahr region.
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Worrying comes with costs

by Kristin Schwab
Nov 5, 2020
But worrying also comes with a few benefits.
A woman turns away in frustration after arguing with a Trump supporter at a pro-police rally in June in Torrance, California.
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Are Americans doing better or worse economically than they were 4 years ago?

by Mitchell Hartman , Gabriel Cortes and Olga Oksman
Sep 24, 2020
We graphed (and explained) economic issues from health care coverage to median income to mortgage delinquencies.
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For campaigns, election forecasting can provide guidance on how to spend money

by Justin Ho
Sep 23, 2020
Models can be especially helpful to national parties looking at where to allocate funds.
Of course, all forecasting models have their limits, because the data just provides a snapshot in time.
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How to vote by mail in the general election

by Samantha Fields
Aug 24, 2020
You can vote by mail in every state, but some have made it easier than others.
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What are Kamala Harris’s economic priorities?

by Beth Pearlman
Aug 13, 2020
How might the current pandemic and financial crisis change the economic priorities of VP candidate Kamala Harris?
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Limited election security funds pose risk for 2020

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 19, 2019
Some members of Congress want to include more funding for election security in the next federal spending bill, due on Dec. 20.
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Brexit Party is on a roll in European election

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May 23, 2019
Opinion polls suggest the new party is attracting wide support and is appealing to people of different political persuasions.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses a European Parliament election campaign rally at Olympia London, west London, on May 21.
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South Africans head to the polls amid frustrations with crime, corruption and immigration

by Andy Uhler
May 8, 2019
Polls indicate the ANC is likely to retain control.
People queue to vote for South Africa's national and provincial elections at a polling station in the Tlhabologang township in Coligny on May 8, 2019. - South Africans voted on May 8 in the country's sixth democratic general election since the end of apartheid in 1994.
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Social media, elections and fake news: India edition

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 5, 2019
As national elections approach, voters are being targeted with fake news on WhatsApp.
An Indian newspaper vendor reads a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information in New Delhi on July 10, 2018.
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