Southern California shop owners are feeling a tad jittery on the eve of what could become a make-or-break holiday shopping season.

State legislative and Supreme Court races were not terribly decisive, while we saw setbacks for ranked-choice voting and minimum-wage increases.

Donald Trump benefited from a rightward shift in Maricopa County, while Kamala Harris' and Democrats' ground game fell flat.

As Texans join the rest of the nation in watching new elected officials fill offices up and down the ballot, uncertainty about the road ahead is a resounding theme. Feelings of anxiety may be heavy for people whose preferred candidates lost their races.

For decades, registered California voters would go to the polls in their neighborhood on Election Day, give their name and address to a poll worker sitting at a folding table, sign a paper registry, receive a ballot and vote.

The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.

Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers voted unanimously to certify the 2024 general election on Friday, following certifications in all 83 counties earlier this month. A little over 5.7 million Michiganders voted in this election—the highest state turnout in history.

Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That's because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

Republicans put a lot of hope and campaign cash into his comeback attempt in the 40th Senate District, which has a Democratic registration advantage but was long held by a Republican before Harckham’s win in 2018. Astorino started the campaign with $814,000 in the bank from previous election races.

Chicago voters turned out at a much lower rate in this month’s general election than in recent presidential contests, marking the lowest turnout rate in 28 years, according to the most recent data from the Chicago Board of Elections.

American clients seeking secondary passports are voicing new concerns, but firms note a surge in interest around election time is typical.