Analysts say national polls that show how tight the race is between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are not key indicators ahead of the election. Instead, they say your focus should be on polls in the swing states since the winner of the presidency is not determined by the popular vote,

There are about 100 races on Minnesota’s election ballots that won’t get that much attention, and they’re all about judgeships. Coming up Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor and his guests talk about judicial elections and why they’re different here than in other states.

With the 2024 election less than a month away, new data illustrates which states across the U.S. tend to be the most politically engaged.

In the four weeks since Sept. 20, 716,858 absentee and mail ballots have been distributed and 337,633 have been cast in Minnesota.

St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as the most civically engaged college campus in the country. The small liberal arts college reached that number with help from its “election ambassador program,” and this year, it is looking to break its own record.

Newly implemented laws in MN span topics across public safety, civil rights, environmental protections and more, but election laws are top of mind leading to Nov. 5.

A state law requires each county in Minnesota select election judges from lists provided by the Republican and Democratic parties. A lawsuit claims Hennepin County violated state statute by not selecting judges from a GOP list.

The GOP and two co-petitioners claim that Hennepin County may have failed to include Republicans on its election board

A newly released analysis of fiscal policy ranked all 50 states with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ state coming in first and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in last.

( NewsNation) — Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., says Tim Walz “is a good man” and has been a good governor. But he tells “On Balance” that the Harris campaign hasn’t served Walz well. He says Republican attempts to hold Walz accountable for the violence in Minneapolis after the George Floyd’s death is “absurd.”

The key dates on the election calendar, including post-election events that end with the meeting of the members of the Electoral College.