Democrats
John Heilemann
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August 5, 2024
Harris’s Hot Streak & Team K’s To-Do List
With the Democratic convention two weeks out and the Labor Day kickoff of the fall campaign looming, Kamala Harris and her people have a jillion big decisions and tasks to tackle in no time flat. But three items on their punch list matter most of all: map, message, and running mate.
Peter Hamby
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July 30, 2024
Yes They Can?
Democrats haven’t been this fired up about a presidential candidate since Obama, and the Harris campaign is racing to capitalize on the momentum: hiring veteran ad-maker Jim Margolis, doubling down on TikTok (where Kamala is approaching Trump-level virality), and leaning into the J.D. Vance creep factor.
Peter Hamby
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July 23, 2024
Reintroducing Kamala
Riding a surge of Democratic enthusiasm, endorsements, and record-breaking donations, the Harris campaign is racing to reintroduce their candidate to America before the Trump campaign can define her. Exclusive new polling for Puck shows why the next few weeks will be so critical.
Tara Palmeri
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July 18, 2024
Fall of the Biden Bunker
With pressure mounting in Congress, the long arm of Nancy Pelosi is working through surrogates to bypass Biden’s inner circle and convince him to exit the race with dignity. “Nancy is historically always a first mover on legislation, and Schumer is always a closer,” said a senior Hill source with knowledge of the campaign. “It’s going to be the collective pressure.”
John Heilemann
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July 18, 2024
Trump’s 25 Paths to 270
At a private lunch just outside of the R.N.C., longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio confidently expounded on the campaign’s view that it has myriad—and growing—paths to 270 electoral votes: “We literally stopped counting at 25.”
The Editors
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July 17, 2024
Polls Over Partisanship: What the Data Really Says About ’24
An incisive conversation with leading lobbyists and researchers surrounding the priorities, concerns, and often-overlooked electoral impact of women voters over the age of 50.
Julia Ioffe
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July 17, 2024
Biden Group Therapy
Fresh reporting on the collective private mourning of top Democrats after the tragic “events”—as they are known in Washington-speak—of the weekend. Nevertheless, some cling to hope. “He also said he would drop if he saw data saying he can’t win,” said a campaign source. “He’s about to see a lot of it.”
Abby Livingston
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July 11, 2024
Pelosi Opens the Door
The speaker emerita quickly backpedaled her comments on MSNBC. But Democratic operatives, members, former members, and leadership aides all interpreted her remarks as cloud cover for members to speak their conscience about Biden.
Peter Hamby
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July 9, 2024
The Kamala Calculus
As Biden resists calls to drop out, “coconut-pilled” Democrats are warming to Harris as his possible replacement. Would she save the party from ruin—or be a bigger risk than Biden? One thing’s for sure: Harris makes way more sense atop the ticket than faddish fantasy candidates like Gretchen Whitmer or Josh Shapiro.