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NewsNation announced its plans to provide viewers with special coverage of the 2024 presidential election in the days and weeks leading up to election day, Nov. 5, 2024, including expanded coverage on election night.
The network will once again partner with Decision Desk HQ to provide real-time election results, voting analysis and projections, and race calls. This is NewsNation's first presidential election since becoming a full-time 24-hour national news network earlier this year.
On election night, the network will present "NewsNation Decision Desk 2024," co-anchored by Chris Cuomo, Elizabeth Vargas and Leland Vittert from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. eastern.
Host of "The Hill Sunday" and political editor Chris Stirewalt will contribute from NewsNation's new state-of-the-art studio in Washington D.C.
Throughout the evening, NewsNation Now's Connell McShane will break down voting results and provide up-to-the-minute reporting from the "Big Board" and prime time host Dan Abrams will offer insight and analysis. Sister network The CW will provide a simulcast of NewsNation's election night coverage from 8 p.m. to midnight.
McShane and host Anna Kooiman will anchor overnight coverage from the network's New York studio.
NewsNation and Decision Desk HQ also will offer viewers a new visual tool called "Election Pulse," which provides real-time updates on the projected outcome of the presidential race nationally and in key states. Viewers will see a "probability needle" move throughout the night based on voting results, patterns, and remaining uncounted ballots.
Kicking-off election week, NewsNation's public affairs program, "The Hill Sunday," will present a special edition on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, with moderator Stirewalt breaking down the latest poll numbers ahead of Tuesday's election. During the week, "Morning in America" will be co-anchored by Markie Martin from Chicago and The Hill's Blake Burman from Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, the program will begin an hour earlier than usual, from 5 to 9 a.m. eastern.
NewsNation's ongoing election coverage will feature a variety of special segments, including "Swing State Spotlight" and "Driving the Vote." "Swing State Spotlight" examines the top campaign issues for voters in the country's swing states, why they matter and how they are likely to influence the election. The network recently debuted "Driving the Vote," which focuses on nine states along the I-80 corridor and the voters who may hold the key to who wins or loses.
NewsNationNow.com and the NewsNation app also will provide live up-to-the-second results, real-time reaction, and extensive coverage of the local and state races.