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NPR election battleground map for November 2016

Final NPR Battleground Map: The Race Snaps Back, But Clinton Maintains Advantage

9:56am November 07, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

Hillary Clinton retains a broad, consistent and shallow lead over Donald Trump in battleground states. If her Blue Wall of states leaning her direction holds, she wins. If not, anything can happen.

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Governor's Races Could Be A Bright Spot For GOP On Election Night

2:11pm November 06, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Republicans are expected to pick up control in at least one or two of the 12 gubernatorial races on the ballot, and they could even hit a modern-day record of states they control.

Volunteers from Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock's and Democratic challenger LuAnn Bennett's campaigns line up ahead of the Leesburg Halloween Parade in Loudon County, Va.

This House Race Shows It's Not So Easy For Republicans To Separate From Trump

1:07pm November 06, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Democrats need to win districts like this suburban D.C. one in Virginia to cut into House Republicans' margin. And it will show just how much Republicans can separate themselves from Donald Trump.

Power lines run near the U.S.-Mexico border at sunset last month in Columbia, N.M. Immigration has been a key issue in this presidential election, as demographic change has altered American politics.

A Changing America Faces A Stark Choice This Election

6:00am November 06, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

Social and demographic change has shaken the foundation for some of what it means to be American. It has set the backdrop of this campaign in ways that were predictable and completely surprising.

Watch: Donald Trump Rushed Off Stage At Reno Rally

11:40pm November 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

The Republican nominee was quickly escorted from the stage during a speech in Reno, Nev., as security personnel responded to a perceived threat in the audience.

As Breanna Jordan, 24, rides the bus from liberal Milwaukee to her job an hour and half away, she passes through one of the most conservative areas in the state. Political leanings between the two areas may be different, but voters share some of the same

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Along A Milwaukee Bus Line, Voters Share Frustration

5:22pm November 04, 2016

by Danny Hajek

On a route connecting the liberal inner city with conservative suburbs, the political landscape runs the spectrum. But many along the way hold similar frustrations with the election.

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The presidential election looks very different from the heights of the economy than it does from its depths. Voters from rural Bertie County, the poorest in North Carolina, and tech hub Wake County, the state's most prosperous, range the political spectru

A Tale Of Two Counties: A Visit To A Swing State's Richest And Poorest Places

3:14pm November 04, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

North Carolina's Bertie and Wake counties are about a two-hour drive apart, but the divide between them is huge. And it's easy to see the links between people's lives here and the way they are voting.

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The Gender Gap In This Election Could Be The Biggest In At Least 60 Years

11:03am November 04, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Women prefer Clinton by about the same amount that men prefer Trump, and it could lead to the widest gulf between the sexes since at least the 1950s.

What can Americans expect from Congress after the election?

Polarization And A Lack Of Productivity Are Likely To Reign After Election Day

10:17am November 04, 2016

by Susan Davis

With no clear mandate likely to come out of 2016, there's little reason to be optimistic the next Congress can get much done, a scenario that has gripped Washington in recent years.

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Major Trump Backer's Alleged Positive Comments About Apartheid Stir Anger

9:35pm November 03, 2016

by Laura Sydell

Silicon Valley billionaire investor Peter Thiel reportedly told two of his classmates at Stanford that he thought South Africa's former apartheid system of government was "a sound economic system."