President Biden is expected to raise over $25 million at a star-studded fundraiser in New York City on Thursday with former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The campaign has billed it the “most successful political fundraiser in American history.” By Mr. Biden’s recent standards, that is true. For example, during a swing through … Read more
Breaking down Super Tuesday 2024 by the numbers – CBS News Watch CBS News Both President Biden and former President Donald Trump are closing in on the required delegate count to secure their parties’ 2024 nominations. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto joins “America Decides” to analyze Super Tuesday’s results and … Read more
Note: Percentages may update as CBS News collects more data. Voters in over a dozen states weighed in across the country in the 2024 Super Tuesday primary contests and delivered the largest number of delegates available on any single day during the presidential primary campaign. Here’s a look at what was on the minds of some … Read more
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Manchester, New Hampshire — For more than 100 years, New Hampshire has traditionally held the first presidential primary election in the country, a longtime point of pride for the small New England state. Since 1975, the state has had a law requiring that it be held at least a week before any other primary nominating contest. … Read more
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered another blow in Japan’s widest-ranging political scandal in decades with the arrest of a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday. Kishida told reporters Sunday that he was aware of the detention of Yoshitaka Ikeda, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party’s biggest faction, and called it “very regrettable, and we take … Read more
Hong Kong’s local council elections drew their lowest turnout in nearly three decades, as residents snubbed a system lacking political diversity after a revamp to cement China’s control. Only 27.5% of the 4.3 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday in the local elections, David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission said Monday morning. … Read more
For nearly all of the Biden presidency, Americans have generally felt that things in the country are going badly — seven in 10 say so today — and related to this, they say that the economy is not in good shape. Sentiment on these two questions is very intertwined, as shown in the chart below. … Read more
America’s response to this week’s indictment of Donald Trump is providing a window into more than just how Americans view his alleged actions per se — but also into what they think it means for democracy itself. Half the nation believes Trump tried to stay in office beyond his term through illegal and unconstitutional means. … Read more