elections

Early Voting Data Provides Clues About Turnout On Election Day

6:50pm November 07, 2016

by Mara Liasson

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are making their closing arguments to voters as the 2016 presidential election comes to a close. Already, early voting numbers are providing clues about turnout and the candidates' effectiveness at getting out the vote.

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Ruby Lortie (center, wearing black), marches to get out the vote with other fifth-grade students from Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies in Boulder, Colo.

These Fifth-Graders Think It's Really, Really Important That You Vote

6:50pm November 07, 2016

by Jenny Brundin

They're too young to vote, but they're still getting out the vote. After learning about the history of voting and democracy in America, these young activists took their message to a college campus.

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NPR Politics Podcast Breaks Down Exit Polls

6:40pm November 07, 2016

On Election Day eve, the NPR Politics Podcast team reviews what we're talking about when we look at exit polls.

Frances Kolarek turns 99 next week. She was born three years before women won the right to vote. This election she cast her ballot for Hillary Clinton.

View From Nearly 99: Frances Kolarek Reflects On Politics And Change

6:28pm November 07, 2016

by Melissa Block

The former newspaper reporter was born in 1917, before women won the right to vote. She calls Hillary Clinton the most qualified presidential candidate she has seen in her lifetime.

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In Closing Ads, Trump Goes Dark While Clinton Goes Cozy

5:27pm November 07, 2016

by Lauren Hodges

Donald Trump's and Hillary Clinton's final appeals to voters display a stark difference in how each candidate ran for president.

Trump, Clinton Crisscross The Country On Last Day Of Campaigning

4:20pm November 07, 2016

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton make their final push on the last day of campaigning before Election Day.

In Ohio, An African-American Republican Stands By Donald Trump

4:20pm November 07, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Tracey Winbush, vice chair of the Mahoning County, Ohio, GOP, about her support of Donald Trump as an African-American Republican and the intensity of enthusiasm around this year's election.

Journalists work in the Trump campaign's designated media pen as they wait for the candidate to arrive at a town hall meeting on March 14 in Tampa, Fla. Foreign journalists covering the campaign say gaining official access to Trump events has been more ch

How Foreign Journalists Here Try To Explain The U.S. Election Back Home

2:59pm November 07, 2016

by Hannah Bloch

Reporters from Europe, Turkey and Lebanon share their experiences covering the 2016 U.S. election — everything from translation challenges to close encounters with a pregnant Ivanka Trump.

'Doonesbury' Creator Has 'Great Fun' Putting Trump In A Comic Setting

1:37pm November 07, 2016

"Donald and I go all the way back to when his hair was dark brown," Garry Trudeau jokes. His new book, Yuge!, is a collection of 30 years of comic strips featuring Trump as a character.

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The early morning sun begins to rise behind the White House.

Politics & Government

6 Questions We'll Be Asking As Presidential Election Results Roll In

12:50pm November 07, 2016

by Mara Liasson

Some key factors about tomorrow's results could have major implications for the future of both the Republican and Democratic parties.