Voting in Dallas County, Crockett's home base, was wracked with confusion. Ahead of the election, Dallas and Williamson counties had closed centralized voting centers, which had been commonly used by voters of both parties, at the behest of local Republicans. Some voters reported scrambling to figure out their polling place and district court judges extended polling hours in both counties.
2024 is shaping up to be the biggest global election year yet. While the international spotlight is on the US presidential election race, more than 60 countries will have held regional, legislative, and presidential elections by the end of the year, according to Politico. For constituents, this has translated to a barrage of non-stop campaign ads across TV, radio, mobile devices, the internet, direct mail, billboards, and more.
Kamala Harris lost last year's US presidential election because she chased the wrong voters with the wrong message, ultimately demobilising the very base that she needed to win, according to an autopsy by a progressive grassroots advocacy group. The vice-president focused on courting moderate Republicans over motivating core Democratic working-class, young and progressive voters, a misstep compounded by her failure to break from Joe Biden on Gaza, says the report by RootsAction.
