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Democrats

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Trump’s Premature Early-Voting Celebration

Fairly or not, the good vibes inside Mar-a-Lago are real, and multiple campaign sources have told me that they’re encouraged by early voting behavior so far in key battleground states. “It hit Trump in the last couple of weeks that early voting is a good way to win,” a person with knowledge of his thinking said. Here’s what the numbers really say.
Tara Palmeri • October 25, 2024
Peter Hamby • October 21, 2024
Kamala’s Latin Lesson
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While the campaigns fixate on the Charlamagne vote, the biggest racial realignment in American politics hasn’t been among Black or white voters, but rather among Latinos, who have been drifting away from the Democratic Party in the Trump era. Harris is hoping her campaign can win them back before it’s too late.
John Heilemann • October 14, 2024
Keep Kamala & Carry On
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A mid-October assessment of the latest outbreak of Democratic bedwetting: Which fears are reasonable, which are not, and is Harris really not doing enough? Or is her campaign simply focused on a category of voter largely invisible to elites—and the elite media, in particular?
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Peter Hamby • October 8, 2024
Fear and Suspicion in Appalachia
Amid the historic destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene, high-profile MAGA influencers have flooded social media with wild claims about the federal response, hindering relief efforts. Zeb Smathers, the Democratic mayor of Canton, offers the view from the ground.
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Abby Livingston • September 26, 2024
“Hybrid Ad” Warfare & Post-Pelosi Bogeymen
What’s the deal with all the cameos from lesser-known politicians in political ads this year?
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John Heilemann • September 22, 2024
Pistol Pete
No next-generation Democratic rising star is burning more brightly these days than Pete Buttigieg—or doing more, in public and behind the scenes, to help elect Kamala Harris. In a candid conversation, Buttigieg explains why Harris is winning, Trump is losing (his mind, in particular), and J.D. Vance is even worse than he seems.
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Peter Hamby • September 17, 2024
The Swift-Rogan Election
In a mostly static, coin-flip race, the election may be determined by whether Harris can win back young men—the hyper-impressionable, internet-addled demographic that was once a competitive advantage for Democrats and is now drifting toward Trump. Can she reverse that deficit in the next 49 days? Or is the post-Dobbs coalition enough?
Suzan DelBene
Abby Livingston • September 10, 2024
Burning Down the House
A concise and incisive chat with a pair of Inside Election analysts about the House races that will determine which party wins the gavel.
A conversation surrounding the state of the post-Biden Democratic Party, and whether Barack Obama is right that most Americans want to get along.
John Heilemann • September 1, 2024
A Biden Retrospective & An Obama Distillation
In a candid conversation, the Times’ Nicholas Kristof diagnoses the Democrats’ Thanksgiving challenge, looks back at the year of magical thinking about Joe Biden, assesses Tim Walz’s talent, and much, much more.
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John Heilemann • August 25, 2024
Kamalot Revisited
Following a convention that was exceptional by every measure—ratings, volunteer sign-ups, fundraising, crowd size—here’s what Democratic operatives and political professionals are saying privately.