

The races that matter, when the polls close, and more, explained.


With polls deadlocked, both candidates have plausible cases for optimism.


Two ways to view a coin-toss election.


Everything you wanted to know about the now-euthanized Instagram-famous pet but were too embarrassed to ask.


Arab American support for third parties could decide Michigan — and the presidency.


One final poll has brought Democrats hope. The others aren’t so clear.


It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Here’s what our writers are watching.

Split-ticket voting, the Senate, down-ballot issues, and more.


Caesar, Trump, and the future of American democracy.


An expert on Black voting explains what’s really happening with Black support for Donald Trump.


What social media shadow ban rumors tell us about election anxiety.


Why a second Trump term is a mortal threat to democracy — though perhaps not in the way you think.


One of the worst ideas in US constitutional law will remain dead.

A look at Trump’s ideas for a key Justice Department division uncovers the potentially disastrous consequences of his assault on democracy.


And he’s half right.


How much worse could it get if Trump loses?


How to power through election stress and keep your eye on the big picture.


Will any of the demographic narratives about 2024 come true?


Pro-Palestinian voters are facing a moral dilemma.


Donald Trump’s election could allow the GOP to gut Medicaid and protections for preexisting conditions.


Even if Kennedy can’t get Senate confirmation, he could still wield vast influence if Trump wins.


Some election deniers are now election officials. That has caused concern.


Only one presidential candidate is pledging to treat Americans who vote against him as enemies.


This is the latest in a string of favors this Court has done for the Republican Party.


The election is so close that third-party candidates could make the difference.


Here’s what history tells us.


The Trump campaign’s anti-trans advertising is pure scapegoating — with a bigger, sinister purpose.


How far would Trump and his supporters go to try and flip the outcome?


Policies boosting gender equality are popular. The word “feminist” is not.


Independent Dan Osborn is closing in on the GOP incumbent.


Undecided voters are more worried about Trump’s economic plans than his authoritarianism.


Perennial promises of a blue Texas have fallen short.


More Republicans are voting early than in the past. That doesn’t mean Trump will win.


Nevada has voted blue since 2008. Will that change this year?


Trump’s lies about electoral fraud rest on an argument about nonwhite people.


In a searing speech, Obama laid out exactly what’s at stake.


Republican rhetoric about Latinos and Puerto Rico could come back to bite Trump in Pennsylvania.


It’s probably not going to work, though.


Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters.

