Politics

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Polling Was Quietly Still Bad in 2024

After nearly a decade of fine-tuning, the industry still hasn’t figured out how to reach enough Donald Trump supporters.

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Photo-illustration by David Samuel Stern*

The Talented Mr. Vance

J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.

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Illustration by Colin Hunter. Sources: Daniil Dubov / Getty; Lpettet / Getty; Valerie Loiseleux / Getty.

Return of the Shaman

How visionary healers became a fixture of contemporary American culture and politics

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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Doug Mills / The New York Times / Redux.

The Visionary of Trump 2.0

Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.