2016 presidential election

American University Historian Allan Lichtman is one of the only public figures who accurately predicted that President Donald Trump would win the…

Votes being cast for President of the United States today will actually count, as the Electoral College convenes.U-L Monroe political science professor…

With the final election of 2016 tomorrow, what can be learned from how Louisiana voted last month and last year?“Fear and anger are the two most powerful…

Today, as results come in across the country, NPR reporters will be updating this breaking news blog in real time. The NPR Politics team, along with…

With 24 candidates in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race, you might expect it to be a barnburner, but U-L Lafayette political science professor Pearson Cross…

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night at the University of Nevada, Las…

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in the second presidential debate Sunday night at Washington University in St. Louis,…

Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence square off in the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night.NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and…

Much of the 2015 Louisiana political news was dominated by the guy who used to tell us, “I’ve got the job that I want,” as well as by those vying to take…

Just when you thought it was safe not to mute the ads on TV, here we go again.Qualifying for Louisiana’s March 5th presidential preference primary…