patrick.net

Example from Europe:

https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/01/trump-or-biden-what-europeans-need-to-know-about-the-us-presidential-elections-this-year-they-are-more-important-for-you-than-any-since-world-war-two/

Well written article. Well researched and balanced.Yet still pithy (not a requirement..but appreciated)

But above all ACCURATE. See how they get into the details of how the Electoral College works, for example.

The election outcome will come down to two factors: America’s Electoral College and the attitudes of voters who dislike both men. America’s 18th Century Constitution provides that each state select a number of electors equal to the number of Representatives and Senators from each state. Tradition has established that those electors are chosen by popular vote in each state, with the winner receiving all of a state’s electors even if he is short of a majority (two small states, Maine and Nebraska select some electors by Congressional districts). Winning a majority in the Electoral College, not in the national popular vote, determines who goes to the White House.

Trump’s electoral coalition gives him a clear advantage in this contest. He has the overwhelming support of whites without 4-year college degrees, and they are the major demographic group the crucial Midwestern states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and the Southern state of Georgia. Democrats have become the party of the white college set, which means they win large margins in places like California, New York, and Massachusetts. But they were going to win those states anyway, making their Trump-era popular vote gains irrelevant. Trump will almost certainly win the Electoral College if he loses the national popular vote by 4 points or less.

When does the US press report like that anymore? Those two paragraphs are accurate and explanatorily detailed w/o dumbing things down and treating the reader like an idiot.

Answer: Millennials comprise the bulk of reporters in the US now.