Voters in many countries articles
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Trump was not prepared for RFK Jr. to attract so many MAGA voters
Just two weeks after Donald Trump urged radical leftists to vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this November—because “he’s got some nice things about him” and “I happen to like him”—he’s suddenly taking a different tack. In the wake of new polling suggesting RFK Jr. would siphon more votes away from Trump than President Joe Biden, Trump is stablin’ and geniusin’ up a storm, taking to his perpetual prevarication platform Truth Social to knock the wind out of the independent candidate’s campaign. His...
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Hawaii once saw 1.5M visitors from this country. Many aren't returning
For as long as I can remember, Japanese visitors have had a large presence in the Islands, on tour buses in Waikiki, dancing hula with the locals, paying respects at Pearl Harbor, and shopping in the many luxury retail stores that targeted them.But since the pandemic, the number of Japanese visitors has decreased significantly. In 2019, Hawaii saw more than 1.5 million visitors from Japan, but in 2021, it dropped to 24,232. Last year, Japanese arrivals rose to 572,979. The first quarter of 2024...
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Young voters are mad about Gaza. But many don't see it driving their 2024 votes.
Young people are deeply critical of the Biden administration's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, as some college students participate in pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the country. But a pair of new focus groups of politically independent college students in Wisconsin highlighted a key distinction that's also evident in public polling: Few of the participants believe the issue could actually change their vote for president this fall, though some questioned whether it...