National Elections

The Associated Press called the race for Biden on Saturday when it said that Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes put him over the 270-vote threshold needed to win the Electoral College.

In a prime-time presidential climate change forum, Democrats spent seven hours on the issue. But there was no substantive discussion of Alaska, even though the state is one of the most affected by global warming.

Nationwide, local election officials are dealing with a myriad of issues ahead of November’s contentious midterms, not least of which is securing systems from malicious actors. One lesser-known problem that continues to concern them is the national shortage of poll workers. They greet you at the plastic folding table set up in your neighborhood’s library,…

Polling experts have conducted an autopsy on exactly why so many polls were off in the run-up to the 2016 election. They found that state polls were far off, in part because of late-deciding voters.

Before Trump’s inauguration, his transition team met with Native leaders to ask what they wanted out of the new administration.

President Obama gave one of his final news conferences as president on Friday. Here, NPR reporters provide context on five different Obama quotes.