Stepping back from the horse race
Five years after the launch of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the organization has been shining a bright light on why the presidential campaign has defied initial predictions.
Eyes of History, eyes on Washington
Two AP photographers have won first place awards in the annual Eyes of History: Still Contest of The White House News Photographers Association.
AP calls Iowa Democratic caucuses for Clinton
Update: AP called the Iowa Democratic caucuses for Hillary Clinton just after 1 p.m. ET after the state party said it had finalized all results and planned no recount and after Bernie Sanders' campaign said it did not intend to ask for a recount.
Updating AP style on Hillary Clinton
AP U.S. Political Editor David Scott today outlined new style guidance regarding Hillary Clinton, sending this memo to staff:
Testing new ways to survey voters
When voters go to the polls in Kentucky and Mississippi on Nov. 3, The Associated Press will be launching experiments aimed at finding more accurate and less expensive ways to survey them. With funding from the Knight Foundation, the AP has hired GfK Custom Research to identify and survey voters online, instead of conducting a traditional exit poll where precinct-based interviewers ask voters to fill out questionnaires.
