‘Conservatives’ and evangelicals are at the core of Trump’s support Exit polls reveal some disturbing information about those who have held themselves out as the most principled voices on the right. President-elect Donald Trump got 81 percent of the “conservative” vote. He got the same percentage of self-identified evangelicals. If you are aghast that “America” could elect Trump, it’s important...

Trump’s victory ensures a conservative majority on the Supreme Court Donald Trump’s presidential victory preserves the Supreme Court’s narrow conservative majority by clearing the way for the new president to choose a jurist next year to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. And with Republicans maintaining control of the Senate, Trump will have a free hand in...

The Top Nine Senate Races to Watch on Election Day With control of the Senate at stake, Republicans and Democrats are fiercely battling in at least nine states with competitive races. Republicans entered the 2016 election cycle on the defensive: Of the 34 seats up for grabs this year, 24 are currently held by the GOP and just ten by...

State officials prepare for an unusually chaotic Election Day Advocates worry that voters are not clear on the current rules surrounding photo ID and early voting. The Post’s Sari Horwitz visited North Carolina, where voting laws have recently changed, to find out more ahead of Election Day. (Monica Akhtar,Sari Horwitz/The Washington Post) Advocates worry that voters are not clear on...

Don’t Be Duped Again: Seven Reasons Why Black Americans Should Vote for Trump and Down-Ticket Conservatives Here are seven reasons why African Americans in particular should consider voting for candidates who adhere to conservative principles. We are in the middle of one of the most volatile and unpredictable presidential elections in living memory. Any political principles at stake are getting...

Why Is the Clinton Foundation Investigation Being Run from Brooklyn? On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal’s Devlin Barrett published another eye-opening report about the FBI’s Clinton Foundation investigation. It elaborates on the pitched battle between FBI agents who believe they are building a strong case and Justice Department prosecutors who have thrown cold water on it, erecting roadblocks that have...

Hillary OFF THE HOOK as FBI announces no changes to July email verdict FBI announced it will not change the decision it reached in July after investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails Director James Comey announced the potentially election-changing news in an email on Sunday afternoon The latest finding means the Democratic nominee will not be charged with anything from the email...

What record early vote turnout means for Trump and Clinton Nearly 42 million Americans have already voted for president, casting their ballots before the FBI announced Sunday afternoon it stands by its July position to not recommend charges over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Early voters turned out in record numbers in key battleground states such as...

People may expect zombies to be wandering the streets on Halloween, but they certainly don’t expect them to start casting ballots a week later. Yet in Colorado, dead voters’ ballots are cropping up in the vote counts. CBS4, a Denver TV station, identified multiple cases of dead men and women in the state voting, with dozens of other deceased individuals...

The Reason Clinton World Is Waging War with James Comey The word of the weekend was “protocol.” In deciding to tell Congress about a new trove of e-mails that may or may not contain classified information and may or may not relate to Hillary Clinton, FBI director James Comey broke Justice Department protocol both by releasing information close to an...