#TBT: November 14, 2024
FEMA workers visit a disaster survivor to check on their application status for assistance after Super Typhoon Yutu damaged their home in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands.
Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828
By Spencer Goidel, Auburn University As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek understanding in the idea that it wasn’t until Richard Nixon’s second presidential term that the serious consequences arrived. But as...
US territory voters prefer Harris over Trump in poll
Residents of the United States unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands favored Kamala Harris and Tim Walz over Donald Trump and JD Vance in the October 2024 Elections Territorial Poll....
Pula and Pulu pull ahead in American Samoa’s gubernatorial race, Amata likely to remain in Congress
In American Samoa, our polling is showing dissatisfaction with the incumbent Governor Lemany PS Mauga and Lieutenant Governor Talauega Eleasalo Vaalele Ale, with only 20% of respondents supporting them, and challengers Nikolao Pula and Pulu Ae Ae gathering a...
Stacey Plaskett likely to retain US Virgin Islands delegate seat
In the Democratic stronghold territory of the United States Virgin Islands, our poll predicts that Stacey Plaskett (D) will retain the delegate seat she has held since 2015. With an overwhelming 71.7% of respondents supporting her, Plaskett is followed by Ronald...
Jenniffer González-Colón, Pablo José Hernández in the lead of Puerto Rico’s gubernatorial and resident commissioner races
With less than a day before polls open in Puerto Rico, the October 2024 Elections Territorial poll shows current Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (NPP, R) ahead in the race to replace Pedro Pierluisi (NPP, D), whom she defeated in a primary earlier this...
Kimberlyn King-Hinds ahead in poll for Northern Mariana Islands delegate seat
The race to replace Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan as the delegate in the United States House of Representatives for the Northern Mariana Islands has Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R) in the lead according to our poll, with 41.7% of respondents backing her. She has an ample...
Ginger Cruz leads poll in Guam’s delegate race
With America's election day about to begin in Guam, Ginger Cruz (D) leads in our October poll in the race for nonvoting delegate in the United States House of Representatives, with 66.5% of respondents supporting her. Incumbent James Moylan (R) follows her with 26.%,...
US House Committee on Natural Resources holds hearing on Puerto Rico’s electrical grid
“It has been seven years since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, yet Puerto Ricans continue to suffer major power outage incidents with no clear end in sight.” -Harriet Hageman (R-WY) On September 27, the United States House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on...
What the Republican Party has become
By Ron Cheong A Disgrace staged at Madison Square Garden At what was supposed to be the climatic wrap-up of his 2024 campaign for the Presidency of the United States at Madison Square Garden, Trump and his cabal of invited speakers descended to a place of darkness not...
