Politics

Trump And Cruz Find Common Ground — Kasich Should Go

7:08pm April 04, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are also backing a Republican Party rule that would prevent the Ohio governor's name from being placed in contention at the Republican National Convention in July.

The Supreme Court of the United states ruled Monday that the total population as defined by the Census Bureau should be used when counting people for political purposes.

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To 'One Person, One Vote'

6:57pm April 04, 2016

by Ron Elving

The court ruled unanimously that all persons residing in a particular state or district should be counted — not just those who are eligible to vote — when drawing legislative districts.

Supreme Court Upholds 'One Person, One' Vote Principle

5:01pm April 04, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states may count all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, when drawing election districts. In doing so, the court upheld the "one person, one vote" principle.

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Supreme Court Upholds 'One Person, One Vote' Standard

4:33pm April 04, 2016

The challenge to the longstanding definition argued that only people who are eligible to vote should count in drawing voting district lines and other government purposes. The court was unanimous.

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Democrats To Face Off In Close Wisconsin Primary Race

4:28pm April 04, 2016

by Tamara Keith

Democrats have a close race in Wisconsin, which votes in its primary on Tuesday.

Donald Trump's Path to 1,237 Delegates Depends On Wisconsin

4:28pm April 04, 2016

by Scott Detrow

Donald Trump can clinch a majority of the delegates he needs to win the Republican presidential nomination. But his margin of error is razor thin, and even in a best case scenario, he likely won't get there until the last day of the primary season.

Jimmy Carter holds up an early edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel, which declared Rep. Morris Udall winner of the 1976 Democratic primary. Late returns gave the state to Carter.

Politics & Government

Wisconsin, Long The Front-Runner's Friend, Looks To Play Spoiler On Tuesday

9:00am April 04, 2016

by Ron Elving

The polls could be wrong, but they do comport with signals from the ground: Wisconsin is Cruzing and feeling the Bern, and both candidates could ride the thermal updraft for the next two weeks.

Union Representing 16,000 Border Agents Endorses Trump

6:26am April 04, 2016

Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, talks to Mary Louise Kelly about his group's endorsement of GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at a campaign rally in Wausau, Wis., Sunday. The Wisconsin presidential primary is Tuesday.

Small Donors Power And Inspire The Sanders Campaign

6:23am April 04, 2016

by Tamara Keith

Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $44 million in March, nearly all of it in tiny increments. Sanders says his fund-raising strategy guarantees independence from big-money interests.

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Politics & Government

Are Young Voters Altering Republican And Democratic Primary Races?

6:18am April 04, 2016

Renee Montagne talks to Kei Kawashima-Ginsburg of Tufts University about the impact young voters have been having in the primary elections, and what that might mean in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary.