Julia Azari, FiveThirtyEight

Julia Azari

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  • Foreign Affairs
  • Vox
  • Pacific Standard

Past articles by Julia:

How Republicans Are Thinking About Trumpism Without Trump

Like most presidents, Donald Trump changed the political party he led. But Trump was hardly a normal president. That was apparent while Trump was president, but… → Read More

Why It’s Important To Debate Foreign Policy Even In Times Of Conflict

And why it’s harder than ever to debate it now. → Read More

What Does It Mean If Republicans Won’t Debate?

Last week, the Republican National Committee announced its plans to prohibit Republican presidential candidates from participating in the official general elect… → Read More

Why More Republicans Aren’t Outraged By Jan. 6

For more coverage of the Jan. 6 attack, read our collection of essays and reflections examining where we are as a country one year later, including what has — a… → Read More

Are Democrats Dysfunctional Or Just Disagreeing?

At this point, signs point to policy disagreements, not dysfunction. → Read More

Presidents Used To Be The Faces Of Their Political Parties. Is That No Longer The Case?

In our polarized political era, presidents have increasingly become the faces of their parties, operating as symbols of what their parties value — and what the … → Read More

What Biden’s Big Speech Can — And Can’t — Accomplish

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what we’ve learned from President Biden’s first 100 days in office and his first address to a joint session of Congress. → Read More

President Biden’s Speech To Congress: Live Updates

Biden did just make a little nod to his disagreements with the party’s left wing, saying he gets into disagreements with his Democratic friends because he think… → Read More

Democratic Values Are Still Under Attack — Even Without Trump In The White House

During the Trump presidency, many worried about the administration’s violation of long-standing norms. And former President Trump certainly did break with a num… → Read More

The GOP Might Still Be Trump’s Party. But That Doesn’t Mean There’s Room For Him.

Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump crossed lines that no other president has come close to. And if there was ever any doubt, the final months of his presid… → Read More

Is Biden’s Vision Of Unity Possible?

In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacts to President Biden’s inauguration speech — particularly his stated goal to unite the country and whether it will be successful — and looks at his policy agenda for his first week in office. → Read More

Politics Podcast: The Biden Presidency Begins

On the first FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast episode of the Biden presidency, the crew reacts to President Biden’s inauguration speech — particularly whether … → Read More

Is It A Peaceful Transfer Of Power?

It’s hard to know exactly what to call this moment. A few commentators have already referred to today’s inauguration as a “peaceful transfer of power.” It is tr… → Read More

What’s The Purpose Of An Inauguration?

Inaugurations mark a change in presidential administrations, an event usually accompanied by a change in policy and approach to governance. But the symbolism as… → Read More

What Makes A One-Term President?

Donald Trump is officially a one-term president, the first to fail a reelection bid in nearly 30 years. But history shows his loss isn’t surprising, given the c… → Read More

Is There A Chance The Winner In 2020 Will Be Able To Credibly Claim A Mandate?

There’s already widespread concern about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. Mail-in ballots and ballot counting have become the subject of partisa… → Read More

The GOP Convention Violated Plenty Of Norms, But Did It Undermine Democratic Values?

It’s been a very unusual convention season. Both major parties had to improvise on the traditional convention playbook because of the novel coronavirus pandemic… → Read More

Grading The RNC

Alright, this is it. Final report card for the RNC: Address important party groups – Exemplary. By the end, it felt like the RNC had addressed most of Republica… → Read More

Biden Had To Fight For The Presidential Nomination. But Most VPs Have To.

Aside from the unusual end to the primaries this year — the pandemic, of course, interrupted voting in some of the last key contests — how unique was Joe Biden’… → Read More

When Conventions Have Mattered

With both the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention going virtual this year, there are once again questions about what it is exactly… → Read More