COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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: “I have people in my family...
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In wake of Milwaukee shooting, Democratic presidential candidates talk gun laws
Klobuchar, Warren push universal background checks, getting assault rifles ‘off the street’
Candidates court the selfie vote
By Brianna Crummy CHARLESTON, S.C. — 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. — 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 — U.S gun violence is a “public health emergency,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren told primary voters at a South Carolina town hall. “The first thing I would do would be to enforce the current laws...
Can Klobuchar reach black voters?
By Mallory Payne CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar spent several days in South Carolina trying to woo black voters in the days before the state’s 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. — 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’s first-in-the-nation primary. Here’s what she found: Jerry Paulson, 60, has driven to...
The drive for diversity
By R. Fraser CONCORD, N.H. — Politics in New Hampshire is a core part of the state’s identity. Those politics are what has led to New Hampshire holding tight to its First In The Nation Primary status. However, as a...
Former diplomat decides ‘anybody but Trump’
By Emma Dion and Karissa Waddick LONDONDERRY, N.H. – Steve Young, a longtime New Hampshire resident, says he values his ability to vote in the first-in-the-nation primary after spending years of his life in Washington...
