By Lydia Calitri Young voters in presidential elections often come out in low numbers 鈥� usually posting historically low numbers in their voting demographic. The 2020 South Carolina primary was no exception. Voters...
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Voters say they want Trump off the ticket
COLUMBIA, S.C. 鈥� Our staff was on the ground to interview voters about what South Carolinians think of the contenders in Saturday’s presidential ballot. Here’s what they found:聽 鈥淚 have people in my family...
In wake of Milwaukee shooting, Democratic presidential candidates talk gun laws
Klobuchar, Warren push universal background checks, getting assault rifles 鈥榦ff the street鈥�
Candidates court the selfie vote
By Brianna Crummy CHARLESTON, S.C. 鈥� Audience members lined up five deep for a chance at a selfie with Democratic presidential candidates during commercial breaks at the CNN Town Hall. As the moderators finished their...
Fans, and a lifelong friend, join the Pete tour
By Yazan Hanouneh COLUMBIA, S.C. 鈥� When Mike Schmuhl was an eighth-grader in South Bend, Indiana, ninth-grade student Pete Buttigieg gave him a personal tour of his future high school. Now Schmuhl is running...
Gun control, student debt take center stage at town hall
By Maddi Cole CHARLESTON, S.C 鈥� U.S gun violence is a 鈥減ublic health emergency,鈥� Sen. Elizabeth Warren told primary voters at a South Carolina town hall. 鈥淭he first thing I would do would be to enforce the current laws...
Can Klobuchar reach black voters?
By Mallory Payne CHARLESTON, S.C. 鈥� Sen. Amy Klobuchar spent several days in South Carolina trying to woo black voters in the days before the state鈥檚 first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary. At a CNN town...
‘Flag Man’ aims to prove Democrats as patriotic as the GOP
By Radhika Sikhakhane NASHUA, N.H. 鈥� Chris Nielsen wants to show that Democrats are just as patriotic as Republicans. The Clinton, Mass., resident was distributing American flags outside an Amy Klobuchar rally in...
Listening to the voters
By Faith Boehm American University student Faith Boehm interviewed voters in Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire, before the state鈥檚 first-in-the-nation primary. Here鈥檚 what she found: Jerry Paulson,聽60, has driven to...
The drive for diversity
By R. Fraser CONCORD, N.H. 鈥� Politics in New Hampshire is a core part of the state鈥檚 identity. Those politics are what has led to New Hampshire holding tight to its First In The Nation Primary status. However, as a...
