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2024 Presidential Election
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Apr. 20, 2024
Democracy Doesn’t Need Independent Candidates Like RFK Jr. Candidates who represent no party or distinct point of view other than their own ambitions don’t make our system better. They’re often just spoilers.
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Apr. 19, 2024
Trump Is Ready to Flood Courts With Election Fraud Claims The 100,000 election “observers” Trump plans to deploy in 2024 will ensure there’s lots of material for fraud allegations, even if it’s all frivolous.
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Apr. 19, 2024
Trump vs. Biden Polls: How Will the Hush-Money Trial Play? Polling shows voters consider these charges the least serious made against Trump, and reactions to a possible conviction match party affiliation.
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Apr. 17, 2024
The ‘Uniparty’ Delusion Shared by MTG and RFK Jr. Despite increased polarization, right-wing extremists, conspiracy theorists, and some pro-Palestinian protesters say the two parties are no different.
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Apr. 16, 2024
Did Trump Really Consider Making RFK Jr. His VP Pick? Team MAGA is denying a flirtation with the independent candidate, but the two demagogues have a lot in common and could yet conspire to smite Biden.
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Apr. 13, 2024
Biden Has All But Caught Up With Trump in Polls There are many variables at play, including RFK Jr. and whose voters turn out.
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Apr. 12, 2024
Why Trump and Mike Johnson Are Promoting a Redundant Ban on Noncitizen Voting In an effort to win Trump’s protection, the Speaker is abetting a preemptive attack on the legitimacy of the 2024 election.
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Apr. 12, 2024
Trump Boots Anti-Abortion Extremists From His VP Shortlist Potential running mates like Kristi Noem and Tim Scott may be out now that Trump is embracing “states’ rights” to downplay the issue.
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Apr. 11, 2024
Will RFK Jr.’s Appeal Sputter Before November? His bond with mistrustful voters could prove durable — if he can get on key state ballots.
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Apr. 10, 2024
Rust Belt or Sun Belt? Biden Has to Choose Both to Beat Trump. Right now, Biden’s shortest path to 270 electoral votes is through Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. But he should hedge his bets.
life after roe
Apr. 9, 2024
Draconian Abortion Ruling Supercharges Arizona Elections State courts have suddenly added Arizona to the list of states where abortion is illegal. But voters in this battleground state could change all that.
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Apr. 5, 2024
Trump’s Plan for Every Foreign-Policy Problem Is Himself His stance on both Gaza and Ukraine is characteristically narcissistic. He’s suggested his mere presence in the White House will lead to peace.
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Apr. 4, 2024
No Labels Is No Longer Planning a 2024 Ticket After being rejected by a reported 30 presidential prospects, the nonpartisan group is keeping its promise to call the whole thing off.
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Apr. 3, 2024
Nebraska Republicans May Take the One Electoral Vote Biden Needs Most Joe Biden won a single electoral vote in Nebraska in 2020. The GOP could make that impossible in 2024, which could be crucial to the outcome.
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Apr. 3, 2024
The Real Reason RFK Jr. Called Biden a Worse Threat Than Trump Kennedy needs more voters to turn against both major-party candidates, and Biden supporters seem like an easier target.
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Apr. 2, 2024
Will the Abortion Vote Help Democrats Flip Florida in 2024? Ballot measures on abortion and cannabis legalization could drive Democratic turnout in Trump’s home state.
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Mar. 31, 2024
Is Trump Really Making Big Gains With Black and Latino Voters? Trump is reportedly seeing a boom among these voters. But a closer look at the polls and actual election data suggests it may be an illusion.
tremendous content
Mar. 30, 2024
Trump Is Into Kidnapped Biden Shibari The former president has made it clear that he often fantasizes about locking up his enemies.
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Mar. 28, 2024
Will RFK Jr.’s Support for Israel Limit His Appeal on the Left? There’s an opening to Biden’s left for RFK Jr. with his anti-corporate message aimed at alienated young voters. His pro-Israel stance may block it.
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Mar. 28, 2024
Chris Christie Rejects No Labels, Accepts No Voters Want Him The twice-humiliated Republican considered a No Labels presidential candidacy and for once concluded that he isn’t headed to the White House.
What We Know About RFK Jr.’s VP Candidate, Nicole Shanahan Shanahan is a California-based lawyer, frequent Democratic donor, and financial backer of Kennedy’s much-discussed Super Bowl ad.
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Mar. 28, 2024
Trump Would Need New Tactics to Steal the 2024 Election Many avenues Trump pursued in his 2020 coup attempt are now off the table. This time, he could turn to even more nefarious methods.
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Mar. 27, 2024
What the Polls Say Today: RFK Jr. Now Hurting Biden, Helping Trump Initially the vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist seemed to be drawing more votes from Trump, but that’s changed — and it could change again.
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Mar. 26, 2024
RFK Jr. Picks Shanahan (and Her Bank Account) As His Running Mate Nicole Shanahan has no background in politics or government, but the tech attorney-entrepreneur will help finance her ticket’s ballot-access drive.
just asking questions
Mar. 25, 2024
Why the Election Might Come Down to Pennsylvania’s Economy Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi on why he’s cautiously optimistic about Biden’s reelection.
the national interest
Mar. 23, 2024
The Paramilitary Candidate Trump has made justice for insurrectionists the center of his campaign.
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Mar. 21, 2024
Trump Defenders Dismiss All His Legal Problems As ‘Lawfare’ The much-indicted, often-sued former president has convinced his supporters he can literally do no wrong.
life after roe
Mar. 21, 2024
Why Would Trump Back a 15-Week National Abortion Ban Now? The former president bucked the anti-abortion movement when his Republican rivals were bowing to it. This is an odd time for him to follow suit.
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Mar. 19, 2024
Can Going Negative Win Over Voters Who Hate Trump and Biden? Much of the electorate is too sour to respond to a positive message. So perhaps Biden should really go after Trump, his party, and his wealthy allies.
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Mar. 17, 2024
The GOP’s Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So Weird It takes a special kind of amnesia or insensitivity to look back fondly at the year COVID-19 struck and the economy imploded.
No Labels Could Unveil Its Biden and Trump Challenger Next Week The nonpartisan group will likely choose a Republican to run for president, possibly former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan.
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Mar. 15, 2024
Trump vs. Biden Polls: No State of the Union Bounce for Joe The president’s big SOTU speech might ultimately represent a turning point for his reelection bid. But the numbers don’t show it happening just yet.
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Mar. 15, 2024
Will VP Candidates Really Matter in the 2024 Election? Running mates usually matter only at the margins, but Biden dumping Kamala Harris or Trump making a risky pick could affect the race.
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Mar. 14, 2024
Is Trump Gearing Up for Another Premature Victory Claim? Trump has abandoned an RNC voting-by-mail initiative. It could be a sign that he’s looking to demonize mail ballots and replay his 2020 strategy.
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Mar. 13, 2024
Biden and Trump Begin Longest General Election Ever Results from the March 12 primaries make it official: Biden and Trump have clinched their parties’ nominations, far earlier than usual.
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Mar. 12, 2024
North Carolina May Be Biden 2024’s Best Bet in the South Biden won Georgia in 2020. But the Tar Heel State offers a red-hot 2024 gubernatorial race that could help the entire Democratic ticket.
Did One Speech Really Turn Biden From a Sure Loser Into a Winner? Pre-SOTU overreactions to Biden’s low poll numbers have given way to post-SOTU Democratic euphoria. Everyone needs to chill.
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Mar. 8, 2024
No Labels Green-lights 2024 Bid With No Candidates The idea of a “unity ticket” is more popular than a bid with named candidates. Maybe that’s why the group is putting off making its pick.
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Mar. 7, 2024
Biden’s State of the Union Address: Right in Trump’s Face! In an aggressive speech that defended his record while blasting the opposition, Biden was anything other than a grandfatherly old man.
what we know
Mar. 7, 2024
How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 Election The BBC found dozens of deep fakes showing Trump surrounded by Black supporters. It’s just one of many ways AI is being leveraged for politics.
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Mar. 5, 2024
Are Haley Voters Actually Biden Voters? A good number of GOP primary voters are rejecting Trump. That could show his weakness in November — but not if they’re really Democrats.
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Mar. 3, 2024
Biden vs. Trump Polls: Joe’s Battleground Problem Beating Trump in the popular vote may not be enough for Biden to win the Electoral College.
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Feb. 29, 2024
Nikki Haley’s Three Paths Forward After Super Tuesday She can let her 2024 bid slowly die, go to the GOP convention with minimal clout, or shock the world with a No Labels candidacy.
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Feb. 28, 2024
Michigan Results Show End Is Near for Nikki Haley’s GOP Candidacy After another big loss to Trump in Michigan, it’s even clearer that Haley won’t be the GOP nominee. But No Labels could be another path forward.
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Feb. 28, 2024
Michigan ‘Uncommitted’ Vote Sends Biden Message, Not a Blow A campaign to protest Biden’s policy on the Israel-Hamas war exceeded low expectations. But the president still won the Michigan primary handily.
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Feb. 26, 2024
Trump’s Primary Results Don’t Mean He’s Doomed in November Trump doesn’t have unanimous support in Republican primaries. But Haley may be attracting Biden voters rather than crucial swing voters.
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Feb. 24, 2024
Calling Himself a ‘Political Dissident,’ Trump Pitched Regime Change at CPAC This year’s CPAC was like a January 6 reunion, and Donald Trump leaned into the rhetoric of revolution in his keynote address.
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Feb. 24, 2024
Biden vs. Trump Polls: 2024 Race Is a Dead Heat, Despite Democrat Panic All the talk about Biden’s age changing everything hasn’t caused much of a shift in 2024 election polling.
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Feb. 22, 2024
Could Tulsi Gabbard Become Trump’s Very Weird VP Choice? She left the Democratic Party in 2022 and quickly moved from far left to far right. A woman of color and a veteran, Gabbard checks lots of boxes.
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Feb. 16, 2024
Joe Manchin Won’t Run for President After All The West Virginia senator seemed to rule out a No Labels candidacy and hinted he might back Biden for a second term.
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