Election Beat 2020: Blue wave? Red dawn? What’s the future of the Republican Party?
In the last of his Election Beat 2020 columns, Thomas E. Patterson argues that the Republican Party is in trouble.
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Election Beat 2020: Not all battleground states are equal
George Orwell famously wrote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” So it is with America’s voters. The outcome of today’s election is in the hands of those voters lucky enough
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Political sectarianism in America and 3 things driving the ‘ascendance of political hatred’
New research in the journal Science delves into the rise of moral superiority and political sectarianism in America — and how to fix it.
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Adults with health problems, disabilities are less likely to vote but could swing elections
Adults with health problems are less likely to vote during elections — and racial minorities, seniors and voters with physical and intellectual disabilities are most likely to have health problems.
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Election Beat 2020: How news outlets become misinformation superspreaders
How could America’s news outlets, which claim to be guardians of the truth, be a prime source of untruth?
The answer lies in journalists’ routines and their need to attract an audience.
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Decisions, decisions: How national news outlets project and call presidential winners
The national media will call or project winners for president and thousands of other races after Election Day 2020. Here’s how they’ll do it.
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Vote in person or by mail ballot? Research to help audiences weigh the risks
Does in-person voting raise the risk of COVID-19 infection? If someone submits a mail ballot, what are the odds it will be rejected? Do mail-in ballots benefit one political party over another?
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Election Beat 2020: Preventing an election night nightmare
Focusing on the electoral vote on election night will highlight yet-to-be-counted ballots and slow the urge to call the election too soon.
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Voter intimidation at the polls and workplace political coercion: 4 articles to know
With rising potential for intimidation at the polls during the 2020 general election, Journalist’s Resource is turning to what the research says. We’ve summarized four scholarly articles that can help journalists covering voter intimidation offer nuance in their reporting.
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Election Beat 2020: Polls, polls and more polls — navigating the numbers
As Election Day has drawn closer, opinion polls have taken up ever more of the news hole. Which of the dozens of polls that cross journalists’ desks are reliable, and which should be ignored?
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