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Ashley Lopez

Reporter · US

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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Ashley Lopez

    These Michigan swing voters are bracing for higher prices from trade war with Canada (opens the original)

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    President Trump's tariff standoff with Canada is rankling some key voters ahead of this year's midterm elections. NPR observed two online focus groups Wednesday night with 13 people in Michigan who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024. Eleven of these swing voters said the trade war with Canada, which borders Michigan, would be bad for the state. Not a single person said they felt there was something positive to gain from this tension with their northern neighbor. A majority of the

  2. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Ashley Lopez

    The Social Security trust fund is running out, and yet it's not a top campaign issue (opens the original)

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    Congress has about six years to shore up the Social Security trust fund, which is expected to run out of reserves by the end of 2032. Enacting a solution is liable to be a significant political battle, likely involving cutting benefits for some Americans or raising taxes on higher earners, or both. And so far, congressional leaders haven't made it a top-tier issue. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno proposed raising the payroll tax for some Americans. Revenues fro

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Ashley Lopez

    Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming (opens the original)

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    Three states held primaries last night - Alaska, Florida and Wyoming. In Alaska, results are still being counted in a U.S. Senate race - incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola. Each has about 45% of the vote, according to the AP. Two more candidates will move on, but which ones remain undetermined. The next-closest candidate is the other Dan Sullivan in the race, with less than 3%. MARTIN: In Florida, there's a mixed picture in the contest between prog

  4. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Ashley Lopez | Posted on August 13, 2026, 5:00 AM Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Email

    These swing voters in Nevada say they are not dismissing socialist candidates (opens the original)

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    Some swing voters might not be quick to reject socialist political candidates. NPR observed two online focus groups of Nevada voters on Tuesday night, and 10 of the 12 participants said they wouldn't automatically think negatively of a politician who identifies with the left-wing ideology. The voters, who supported Joe Biden in 2020 and then cast ballots for Donald Trump in 2024, had a mix of political affiliations — six self-described independents, four Republicans and two Democrats. "I don't j

  5. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · By Ashley Lopez | NPR Published August 10, 2026 12:30 PM

    2-party system (opens the original)

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    More details: A new poll, commissioned by supporters of election reforms and shared with NPR, shows there is significant support for upending winner-take-all U.S. House elections and single-member congressional districts and instead moving toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share. Why now: Earlier this summer, about 500 democracy and legal experts sent a letter to Congress urging members to

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