In The News: Department of Political Science
Mid-term elections begin in the US on Tuesday. With all seats in the House of Representatives and more than a third of the Senate up for grabs, the election is expected to result in the defeat of President Joe Biden's Democrats.
It's been more than a month since the Animal Foundation--the city's only municipal animal shelter--closed its doors to dogs.
Dawn Block is a registered Republican. Her sister, Dana Serrata, is a Democrat. But when it came to picking a candidate this week in Nevada’s midterm election, the sisters selected some of the same candidates, saying they care more about voting for a person with values akin to their own regardless of party affiliation.
Campaigns across Nevada are certainly on edge whether the bad weather will actually affect voter turnout. For many races every vote counts, especially the most expensive race in Nevada history for Senate.
With 77 percent of precincts reporting, a majority of Nevada voters appear to have voted in favor of all three measures that appeared on the ballot on Tuesday.
The Republican onslaught against immigration ahead of the mid-term elections in the United States has failed to stop demographic changes in traditionally conservative states that are increasingly leaning towards immigration. Democrats win.
This electorate, traditionally Democrats, is very courted by the Republicans and could prove decisive for the whole of the United States.
Hispanic voters are hoping for a turnaround in the balance of power in the U.S. Midterm elections. With the Senate race about to come down to a few key states, political analysts are eyeing Hispanic voters to tip the balance in their favor.
The Latin American community is growing rapidly. Their vote will be decisive, in several states. They could decide the balance of power in Congress. Report by Jean-Sébastien Cloutier.
Nevada is one of a handful of states that could decide who wins the U.S. Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections. And Latino voters can decide who wins in the state.
Election day is Nov. 8 and people have been voting using early and mail-in methods for weeks. As the hours are counted down until votes are tallied and Nevadans start to receive a picture of the results, Dr. Rebecca Gill from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas weighs in on what to expect.
A lot of attention is on the state of Nevada as multiple House and Senate seats remain in play with control of Congress on the line.