Russian disinformation operations to exploit racial tensions during the 2016 presidential election in the United States found fertile ground in a country where legislators have long sought to suppress the black vote, according to a report released Monday. The report, "State of Black America," was released by the National Urban League, a civil rights organization based in New York. It underlined the Russian interference in particular but said that black voting rights were under attack from a wide range of actors, including domestic politicians. In about two dozen states, voting restrictions have gotten worse since 2010 because of changes including new voter identification laws and decisions to limit locations where voters can cast ballots, the report said. The report's findings on Russian interference drew from academic research and federal investigations to highlight the huge campaign run by a St. Petersburg company called the Internet Research Agency, which deployed thousands of … [Read more...] about Russians targeted black voters in the 2016 presidential election
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Dallas County’s early voting turnout nearly matches 9-day total from the 2016 presidential election
AUSTIN — By the ninth day of early voting Tuesday, 400,765 Dallas County residents had voted by mail and in person — slightly under the 401,022 ballots that were cast through the same day during the 2016 presidential election. On Monday, the county passed the same-day total from 2016 by nearly 1,500 votes. After Tuesday, Dallas was behind by 257.By Tuesday, 30 percent of Dallas' 1.3 million registered voters had cast their ballot, according to the Texas secretary of state.Dallas is the North Texas county closest to matching 2016, but many counties in the state have seen significantly higher turnout than previous midterm elections in 2014 and 2010. … [Read more...] about Dallas County’s early voting turnout nearly matches 9-day total from the 2016 presidential election
More Dallas County residents have voted early for this year’s midterms than for the 2016 presidential election
AUSTIN — On the eighth day of early voting Monday, the number of Dallas County residents who cast ballots passed the same-day total for 2016 presidential election. The county has had 364,032 people vote either in person or by mail, compared to 362,549 through eight days of early voting in 2016. The figure is about 27 percent of Dallas' 1.3 million registered voters, according to the Texas secretary of state.Turnout could still fall short of 2016 if it isn't sustained through Friday, the final day.Dallas is the only North Texas county to surpass 2016 so far, but others have seen significantly higher voter turnout than in previous midterm elections.As of Monday, 314,494 people had voted in Tarrant County, 202,385 in Collin and 154,629 in Denton. … [Read more...] about More Dallas County residents have voted early for this year’s midterms than for the 2016 presidential election
Dallas County’s early voting numbers close in on 2016 presidential election count
This is a developing story and will be updated as new voter turnout numbers are available. AUSTIN – After seven days, the number of people who have voted early is significantly higher than the 2010 and 2014 midterms and closing in on the amount from the 2016 presidential election.By Sunday, 323,553 in person and ballots by mail had been cast in Dallas County, more than 24 percent of the county's 1.3 million registered voters.It's about 2,600 fewer people than the number who voted in the first seven days of early voting in 2016, when higher turnout is expected. … [Read more...] about Dallas County’s early voting numbers close in on 2016 presidential election count
Five myths about the 2016 presidential election
John Sides, Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck, The Washington Post Published 11:15 am PDT, Friday, October 5, 2018 The 2016 election is nearly two years behind us, but debates continue to rage over what lifted President Donald Trump to a victory that surprised so many political observers. All elections generate narratives that try to explain the outcome, but often those do not square with polling and other political science data. This conflict is remarkably sharp in the case of the 2016 election, in part because of the unusual nature of Trump's candidacy. Here are five of the most prevalent myths. Myth No. 1: Angry voters drove the results. Before and after the election, a dominant narrative held that the voters were angry. "Dissatisfaction, anger dominate year-end reviews of Washington," reads a December 2015 CNN headline above an article reporting that 69 percent of voters were "at least somewhat angry" with the way things were going in America. Two years later, U.S. … [Read more...] about Five myths about the 2016 presidential election