The US elections of 2024
Our coverage of the race to the White House
Republicans
Donald Trump looks terrifyingly electable
If America’s presidential election were held tomorrow, he would probably win
Mitt Romney is the fixed point revealing the Republicans’ slide
A new biography shows how far that slide has gone
The Republican Party no longer believes America is the essential nation
How the GOP went from isolationism to internationalism and back again
Part of Donald Trump’s base thinks he is fighting a spiritual war
On tour with Michael Flynn, conspiracy mixes with Christian apocalypticism
Republican parties in important swing states are falling behind
The MAGA makeovers of state parties are driving away donors—and potentially voters
Democrats
Democrats are giddy from this week’s electoral sweep
But their wins say little about Joe Biden’s 2024 prospects
Hunter Biden’s woes, and a new impeachment saga, will go on and on
Republican claims of bribery do not stack up, but uncomfortable details do
What Democrats can learn from Bobby Kennedy
The father—not the son—was the party’s last great populist
Joe Biden fires the starting gun on the presidential race
America’s future, and the West’s cohesion, rest on octogenarian shoulders
How the Democrats lost Florida
Their negligence in the former swing state paved a path for Republican dominance
Tony Evers’s veto shows the growing power of Midwestern Democrats
Will aggressive policymaking help or hinder the party?
Lexington
Joe Biden should admit Republicans are (partly) right about border security
The witless politics of polarisation is jeopardising support for legal immigration
How Donald Trump won the debate he skipped
Despite glimpses of Republican life without him, no obvious rival emerged
Only politics, not the law, can stop Donald Trump
His lies will otherwise remain an effective political and legal tool
The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it
Joe Biden should run against the Ivy League
The Supreme Court has given him the chance to restore his party’s commitment to uplift for all
Donald Trump has become more dangerous
As awful as it was, CNN’s town hall did the country a service by revealing the threat he presents
By the data
How to forecast an American’s vote
Religion, not race, is the best single predictor of voting preferences
The Economist reads
What to read to understand why the heyday of the automobile is over
Five books explain why it’s a good thing that conventional cars may be leaving the road
Six books you didn’t know were propaganda
Governments influence a surprising amount of literature. Some of it pretty good
What to read to understand international relations
Five books that explain the forces shaping geopolitics
What to read about boardroom battles
Four books and a podcast about contests for corporate control
What’s at stake
How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections?
Disinformation will become easier to produce, but it matters less than you might think
AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way
How polarisation inoculates Americans against misinformation
Ohio’s referendum is another win for abortion-rights campaigners
The Buckeye State decides against making its constitution harder to change
Checks and Balance
What does Donald Trump’s latest indictment mean for American democracy?
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we ask how the new charges against the former president will affect the 2024 election
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What to make of the Supreme Court’s tumultuous term
Landmark 6-3 decisions overshadow a smattering of liberal wins
Why affirmative action in American universities had to go
And why what comes after could be better