What Swayed Trump Voters Was Bidenomics
For millions of Americans, an unacceptable present weighed more heavily than an uncertain future.
2024 Elections
Coverage from the latest election cycle, including campaigns, primaries, and conventions
What Can Women Do Now?
Trump’s victory is a referendum on feminist progress.
Why Democrats Are Losing the Culture War
The booming right-wing influencer ecosystem helped reelect Donald Trump—and the other side may not have an answer.
Democrats Actually Had Quite a Good Night in North Carolina
Kamala Harris lost the state, but many down-ballot races went their way.
Focus on the Things That Matter
How do we move forward, as a nation, without looking at strangers as potential enemies?
Triumph of the Cynics
Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to scandal and cruelty?
America Got the Father It Wanted
The appeal of Trump’s paternalism
How Trump Neutralized His Abortion Problem
Voters seemed willing to back both state referenda enshrining reproductive rights and the candidate whose Supreme Court appointees overturned Roe.
Are We Living in a Different America?
A postelection conversation with staff writers Anne Applebaum and McKay Coppins
Why Biden’s Team Thinks Harris Lost
Embedded in their autopsies was their own unstated faith that they could have done better.