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With so many Americans constantly on their phones, deep in their own echo-chambers, and actively avoiding politics, it can be challenging for politicians and campaigns to connect with potential voters. The Biden campaign is attempting to use a new app to fix this problem. The smartphone app called “Reach” matches up phone contacts with a national Democratic party voter database, including information about voting history. Additionally, the app supplies a regular stream of pro-Biden content and messages that volunteers can personalize and text directly

The United States Supreme Court has decided to hear oral arguments the week of April 22 in the high-stakes dispute over whether former President Donald Trump enjoys immunity from federal criminal prosecution. Notably, the order from the court on Wednesday keeps Trump's prosecution in the Jan. 6 case on hold for at least a few more months. The decision is at least a short term win for Trump, postponing the trial originally set to begin in Washington, D.C., in early March which could now

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen recently launched a new program, the Alabama Voter Integrity Database, which will use federal and state data to monitor when voters move, die or illegally vote in two different states in the same election. However, AVID appears to mimic a bipartisan, cross-state partnership known as the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, which Alabama chose to leave when Allen took office. He and a number of other Republican secretaries of state abandoned ERIC this year after the far

Following the 2020 presidential election, Fox News, a network that had built record profits and ratings catering to the fans of then-President Donald Trump noticed millions of those viewers tuning out from their programs. This led to an internal split between Fox’s top stars, who were working to retain their audience by amplifying misinformation regarding the election, and Fox reporters, who were working to debunk many of those same false claims of election fraud. Several reporters said they were being punished for simply doing

Gen Z voters turned out at historic rates in the recent midterm election. In fact, Gen Z and millennial voters achieved their highest rate of voter turnout in history with the exception of the 2018 election. A newly obtained post-election report on Gen Z conducted by the education advocacy organization, Murmuration, the Walton Family Foundation, and the public opinion firm SocialSphere sheds a light on what young voters are focused on as they cast their ballots in increasingly high numbers. The main findings of