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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
And why it’s harder than ever to debate it now. → Read More
Last week, the Republican National Committee announced its plans to prohibit Republican presidential candidates from participating in the official general elect… → Read More
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
At this point, signs point to policy disagreements, not dysfunction. → Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
On the first FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast episode of the Biden presidency, the crew reacts to President Biden’s inauguration speech — particularly whether … → Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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