Portugal won the euro 2016

Clinton is attempting to build on the data edge that Obama had in 2008 and 2012, as well as the larger push by the Democratic National Committee to hire more and more analysts. On the other side, Trump has said he doesn’t have much need for data. His unorthodox campaign may be writing new rules, but Republicans worry that his data-poor approach w…[Read more]

Clinton is attempting to build on the data edge that Obama had in 2008 and 2012, as well as the larger push by the Democratic National Committee to hire more and more analysts. On the other side, Trump has said he doesn’t have much need for data. His unorthodox campaign may be writing new rules, but Republicans worry that his data-poor approach w…[Read more]

Now that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have effectively sealed the major-party nominations, What’s The Point is checking back in with political-data expert Daniel Kreiss of the University of North Carolina. He joined the show for a two–part series in January on the history of how data has been used in U.S. elections, going all the way back to…[Read more]

Given all the political dust-ups since December, it may be hard to remember one of the earliest controversies in the 2016 presidential primary season. It wasn’t about short fingers or exit polls — it involved data. Several Bernie Sanders staffers were found to have improperly accessed voter information from Hillary Clinton’s campaign — valuabl…[Read more]

A History Of Data In American Politics (Part 3): The 2016 Primaries

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Italy to fill the final UN Security Council seat for 2017.

One in every five children in Iraq is at serious risk of death, injury, sexual violence and recruitment into armed groups, while nearly 1,500 have been snatched from the streets or their homes since 2014, says a UNICEF new report.