2024 election

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell

Politics & Government

Republican rivals to Robinson report spending surge in North Carolina governor's race

8:25am March 02, 2024

Democrat Josh Stein and Republican Mark Robinson remained among the top fundraisers overall for North Carolina governor entering the final weeks before Tuesday's primary elections. But Robinson has come up against a spending surge by his GOP rivals.

Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address last February.

How do you feel about the state of America right now? We want to hear your thoughts

11:44am March 01, 2024

President Joe Biden will make his election-year State of the Union address on Thursday amid foreign conflicts and domestic uncertainty. We want to hear what's on your mind.

President Biden walks out of the White House on Wednesday to board Marine One for a short trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for his annual physical.

Politics & Government

Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment

5:41pm February 28, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden, 81, is the oldest person ever to hold the office, and voters have expressed concern that he is too old for a second four-year term in the job.

Image shows North Carolina legislative building

Politics & Government

Departures of Faircloth, Hardister create open seats in Guilford County state House races

4:33pm February 28, 2024

by Paul Garber

Many Guilford County residents will get new representation in the state House with the departures of two long-serving members.

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Left to right: Ka'Marr Coleman-Byrd, Deasia Sampson and Shelly Zissler, some of the undecided voters Morning Edition spoke to in the Detroit area.

Many in Michigan don't know how — or whether — they'll vote in the general election

10:15am February 28, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November.

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

7:25am February 26, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

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Abbas Alawieh, a spokesperson for the group Listen to Michigan, pictured at a coffee shop in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday.

What could Biden's Israel-Gaza stance mean for his campaign? Michigan is an early test

6:01am February 25, 2024

Some Arab American, Muslim and young voters in the Detroit area plan to vote "uncommitted" in Tuesday's primary. They want to send a message to Biden: Call for a ceasefire or lose us in November.

A supporter of former President Donald Trump drives past campaign signs for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in Irmo, South Carolina. The state's Republican presidential primary is on Feb. 24.

Politics & Government

Trump and Haley face off soon in South Carolina. Here's what to know

5:22pm February 23, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

Former President Donald Trump is heavily favored, but Nikki Haley is trying hard to overcome the odds in her home state. Let's look at the keys to winning Saturday's primary and how it all works.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., leaves the Senate chamber after a live quorum call at the U.S. Capitol this week.

After months of speculation, Sen. Joe Manchin will not run for president in 2024

2:03pm February 16, 2024

by Elena Moore

After speculation the powerful centrist Democrat would run third-party, Manchin announced Friday he would not be running for president in the 2024 election. But he did not endorse a candidate.

Left: Naomi Harris, 22, is a teacher in Columbia, South Carolina, and is also part of the Union of Southern Service Workers. Right: Tarman-dre Robinson, 24, is a student at Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina.

We asked young Black voters about Biden and the Democrats. Here's what we learned

5:00am February 14, 2024

Young Black voters were a key part of the coalition that sent Joe Biden to the White House in 2020. Yet recent polls suggest some of that support has eroded.

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