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Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News
A group of people, seen from behind, watch election results from NBC News on a livestream display at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

People watch an NBC News livestream showing poll results at Rockefeller Center in New York on Election Day 2024.

(Image: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Students fill critical behind-the-scenes Election Day roles for NBC News

Three dozen undergraduates worked with the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies this year to track turnout, assemble results, and build on-air graphics.
Top five election takeaways
A side-scrolling election feed is displayed on the side of a building in Times Square in New York City. There are people below in the foreground.

A scrolling news feed with election results on election night in Times Square, New York.

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Top five election takeaways

Stephanie Perry, exit polling manager for NBC News and executive director of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies, shares insights into what drove voters in Tuesday’s election.
The view of the voting from campus

The view of the voting from campus

Jeffrey Green of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the Penn Political Union, sponsored by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy in the School of Arts & Sciences, which hosts student debates and speakers across the ideological spectrum.

How Pennsylvania’s mail ballot rules will lead to thousands of provisional ballots on Election Day

How Pennsylvania’s mail ballot rules will lead to thousands of provisional ballots on Election Day

Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences and Michael Morse of Penn Carey Law say that most provisional ballots in Pennsylvania are likely to come from voters with outstanding mail ballots, rather than voters who’ve already returned deficient mail ballots.

Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
Rendering of the White House with tree roots growing underground beneath the foundation.

Illustration: Nick Matej

Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024

The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.

From Omnia

Explaining polarization between and within political parties
A drawing of two people shouting at each other from castle turrets, which are placed on top of silhouetted heads. Ladders are on the side of each head, and in the background are clouds, sky, and plant fronds.

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Explaining polarization between and within political parties

Annenberg associate professor Yphtach Lelkes, co-director of the Polarization Research Lab, discusses political polarization that occurs between parties and also within each party.

From Annenberg School for Communication