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Jeff Swensen / Getty J. D. Vance and the Collapse of Dignity
American politics are now cruel burlesque.
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Rebecca Noble / Getty Trumpism Has Found Its Leading Lady
The Republican candidate for Arizona governor not only won Trump’s endorsement but has emerged as his most talented emulator. Is Kari Lake the new face of the MAGA movement?
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Getty; The Atlantic Will Venezuelans in Florida Turn Against DeSantis?
“People are upset at DeSantis, even if they supported him.”
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Nicole Craine / The New York Times / … Herschel Walker’s Candidacy Is Just Insulting
The contrast with his opponent renders it all the more egregious.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty What Will Happen in Georgia?
Millennial and Gen Z voters have serious power in the South.
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Getty; The Atlantic Biden Goes to Pot
Ahead of the midterm elections, the president issues a blanket pardon for those convicted of the federal offense of simple possession of marijuana.
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Todd Kirkland / Getty; The Atlantic Herschel Walker Is Demonstrating the New Law of Politics
Scandals once sank campaigns. Now, for many voters, winning isn’t everything—it’s the only thing.
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Mark Peterson / Redux Doug Mastriano’s Lunatic Appeal
“People are angry they can’t be terrible anymore.”
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Ronda Churchill / Getty The Next Presidential Election Is Happening Right Now in the States
State-legislature elections could decide the fate of democracy.
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Danielle Del Plato Bad Losers
Election deniers are a threat to democracy. The midterms could be the last chance to stop them.
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Getty; Alamy; The Atlantic The Great Senate Stalemate
Both Democrats and Republicans keep retreating into their corners.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Tipping Point of Stupid
In most states, you can’t pass yourself off as an election-denying January 6 truther and still be taken seriously by a majority of voters.
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Joe Raedle / Getty; The Atlantic The Weight of Trump
Across the ideological spectrum, midterm voters lament a shared albatross.
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Whitney Hayward / Portland Portland Press Herald / … Has Trumpism Run Out of Steam?
Paul LePage, who pioneered the tactics that propelled Trump into office, is running again for governor of Maine. Only this time, he’s quietly backing away from the former president.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Why This Election Is So Weird
Instead of offering voters contrasting solutions to the same problems, the two parties are highlighting entirely different issues.
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Win McNamee / Getty; The Atlantic Trump Is Caught in a Double Bind
The former president’s winning strategy is also a losing one.
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Bill Clark / Getty The Val Demings Gamble
Can the Florida congresswoman inherit Joe Biden’s Democratic Party?
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Is Dr. Oz So Bad at Twitter?
Social media makes a candidate’s personality hard to hide.
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Nicholas Kamm / Getty; Olivier Douliery / Getty; … The Rising Cost of Republicans’ Investment in Trump
GOP voters may be angry about Biden’s student-debt bailout, but the political bargain their party leaders made is the underlying problem.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic How the Democrats Rallied
Congress was frozen. Joe Biden’s presidency seemed cooked. What happened?
