AT MOST POLITICAL events in America, the arrival of the candidate is a big deal. A crowd builds, underlings prepare, and eventually the chosen one sweeps...
More than five hours after his rally at Madison Square Garden began, Donald Trump walked slowly on stage. The arena was filled from floor to rafters...
Around a map spread out on a table, Buncombe County election organisers survey the terrain like generals plotting an assault. “The bridge is out here, but...
In the days after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the election, a short clip from 2013 went viral on Twitter. It showed the then...
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FOR THE first time since August, Donald Trump has overtaken Kamala Harris in The Economist’s statistical model of America’s presidential election. Our latest forecast gives Mr...
Considering the recent pattern of American politics, the Republicans’ choice to hold their convention this July in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is no surprise. Barack Obama easily won...
Checks and Balance newsletter: Trump and Harris’s duel over EVs
“YOU’RE ON live streaming right now,” says Jennifer Liewer, a deputy elections director for Maricopa County, Arizona. “You can wave to your friends.” She takes your...