Midterm Elections 2018
Reporting, news analysis, commentary, polling, results from key races, and more
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Matt York / AP Why Americans Don’t Vote
A dispatch from the lowest-turnout district in the United States illustrates why many people won’t go to the polls on Tuesday.
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Jessica McGowan / Getty The Georgia Governor’s Race Has Brought Voter Suppression Into Full View
America is undergoing the kind of slow erosion of democracy that the Voting Rights Act was intended to fight.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty / Katie … Sean Hannity Is Trump's Shadow Press Secretary
The Fox star finally dispenses with the polite fiction that he is anything more than the president’s puppet.
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The Print Collector / Getty The Dawn of the Intra-Family Political Attack Ad
The trend reveals how partisan schisms in the Trump era are dividing families.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters The Facebook Election That Wasn’t
Despite Donald Trump’s vaunted digital efforts, Facebook appears to have played a secondary role in the midterms.
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Mike Segar / Reuters These Three Races Could Flip the Senate
Can the Senate really swing left? These three races could be the key to a monumental change in Congress.
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photomaster / Shutterstock / The Atlantic An Existential Day for Democrats
On the winning side of the midterms is redemption. On the other is the wrenching fear that maybe they were never right.
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y_seki / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Trump Already Won the Midterms
Even if Republicans lose the House on Tuesday, it’s unlikely that the president’s grip on his party will loosen anytime soon.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What Candidates Are Talking About in Online Ads
Both Democrats and Republicans have a lot to say about the economy and President Trump—but only one party is emphasizing health care.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Candidates Embracing Their Black-College Roots
Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams are part of a wave of black politicians who are playing up their HBCU bona fides, and in turn raising the profile of the beleaguered institutions.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Duncan Hunter Is Running the Most Anti-Muslim Campaign in the Country
The Republican congressman’s reelection bid is a microcosm of the politics of fear in Trump’s America.
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Courtesy of Felicia French National Politics Has Taken Over America
Democrats are finally investing in state-level elections. But candidates in those races face big obstacles in trying to get voters to care.
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John Bazemore / AP The Ghosts of the 1960s Haunt the Georgia Governor’s Race
A widening array of conflicts over voting rights in the state have revived memories of the civil-rights era.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Something’s Happening in Texas
The Republican Party’s future dominance of the Lone Star State, and the nation itself, relies on rigging democracy to its advantage. It won’t work forever.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The President’s Lies
Donald Trump is spreading misinformation at a dizzying clip—even for him.
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Beck Diefenbach / Reuters San Francisco’s Mayor Opposes Proposition C for the Homeless
The ballot measure would raise $300 million in corporate taxes to combat the city’s most visible problem, but London Breed, San Francisco’s Democratic mayor, fears it could cost jobs.
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Paul Sancya / AP How Far Have the Democrats Moved to the Left?
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez get lots of attention, but the most significant shift is among voters, not candidates.
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David Ryder / Reuters The Ballot Question That Could Transform U.S. Climate Politics
An initiative in Washington State proposes the country’s first carbon fee—and applies the ethos of FDR to a global crisis.
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Courtesy of ChicagoVotes Getting Out the Vote From the County Jail
In many states, people held without a felony conviction are eligible to vote—but confusion, fear, and a long list of logistical complications often stand in their way.
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Eric Risberg / AP Tech Billionaires’ Obligation to the Cities Around Them
California voters are being asked to tax big corporations to solve local problems. But is that the companies’ responsibility?
