Young voters
A GENERAL election is like a democratic health check. In its wake, comes the prognosis: will Pakistani democracy live or die? The widely discredited polling process points to terminal illness.…
US voters narrowly support Trump’s tariff pitch
Donald Trump’s campaign vow to increase tariffs on imported goods, particularly from China, has the support of a narrow majority of US voters, illustrating his economic advantage over rival Vice…
Parties bus voters across South Africa to pack stadiums
If there’s one thing the parties competing in next week’s South African general election don’t want to talk about, it’s bussing in supporters to fill out huge stadium rallies. If…
Republicans hope to win Black voters for Trump. It won’t be easy
Orlando Owens, a rare Republican activist in a majority-Black district of Milwaukee, had hoped this election season would be different. With national polls showing waning enthusiasm for Democratic President Joe…
Black voters matter: Biden seeks South Carolina boost
If there’s one place US President Joe Biden can count on for support from Black voters, it is Toliver’s Mane Event barbershop in the South Carolina state capital Columbia. A…
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before elections
Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI…
Biden turns 81 as voters show concern about age
Joe Biden will turn 81 on Monday with the traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House, but don’t expect him to mention the issue that has US…
Targeting young voters
Young voters are likely to play a decisive role in the upcoming general elections in Pakistan. According to data released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), nearly 45 per…
Defiant grassroots campaign targets Erdogan voters
Undaunted by their underdog status, Turkish activists are trying to bridge the political divide in a grassroots campaign aimed at helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Sunday’s historic election…
Erdogan again? Amid rubble of Turkey’s quake, voters demand to be heard
As the sun beat down on a Turkish tent camp for earthquake survivors, Bahattin Kar emerged from his makeshift shelter to complain about the lack of electricity and water, the…
