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2024 Elections

Vox answers your biggest questions about the 2024 elections.

Politics
When we’ll know the next president — and your other biggest election questions, answeredWhen we’ll know the next president — and your other biggest election questions, answered
Politics

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

By Li Zhou
2024 Elections
Need a distraction?Need a distraction?
2024 Elections

A more fun way to pass the time.

By Vox Staff
Politics
5 reasons to expect a Harris win — and 4 to expect a Trump victory5 reasons to expect a Harris win — and 4 to expect a Trump victory
Politics

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

By Eric Levitz
2024 Elections
Should it really be this hard to beat Donald Trump?Should it really be this hard to beat Donald Trump?
2024 Elections

Two ways to view a coin-toss election.

By Christian Paz
Culture
How Peanut the Squirrel became an unlikely right-wing celebrityHow Peanut the Squirrel became an unlikely right-wing celebrity
Culture

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

By Alex Abad-Santos
Today, Explained podcast
The voters who could decide the 2024 election in MichiganThe voters who could decide the 2024 election in Michigan
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

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

By Miles Bryan and Noel King
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What the final polls show about the 2024 presidential electionWhat the final polls show about the 2024 presidential election
2024 Elections

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

By Andrew Prokop
2024 Elections
What actually matters this week, according to our politics teamWhat actually matters this week, according to our politics team
2024 Elections

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

By Lavanya Ramanathan and Melinda Fakuade
What counts as a landslide? Your biggest election questions, answered.
Politics

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

By Eric Levitz and Christian Paz
The Gray Area
Is America collapsing like ancient Rome?Is America collapsing like ancient Rome?
Podcast
The Gray Area

Caesar, Trump, and the future of American democracy.

By Sean Illing
Politics
Are Black voters drifting from Democrats? It’s complicated.Are Black voters drifting from Democrats? It’s complicated.
Politics

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

By Jonquilyn Hill
Culture
Were Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin really shadow banned by Instagram and X? Were Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin really shadow banned by Instagram and X? 
Culture

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

By Aja Romano
Policy
It’s not alarmist: A second Trump term really is an extinction-level threat to democracyIt’s not alarmist: A second Trump term really is an extinction-level threat to democracy
Policy

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

By Zack Beauchamp
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballotsThe Supreme Court decides not to toss out thousands of Pennsylvania ballots
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Inside Trump’s ominous plan to turn civil rights law against vulnerable Americans
2024 Elections

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

By Zack Beauchamp
Trump 2.0, explained
Elon Musk assures voters that Trump’s victory would deliver “temporary hardship”Elon Musk assures voters that Trump’s victory would deliver “temporary hardship”
Trump 2.0, explained

And he’s half right.

By Eric Levitz
Politics
2024 election violence is already happening2024 election violence is already happening
Politics

How much worse could it get if Trump loses?

By Nicole Narea
Future Perfect
How to get through election season without despairHow to get through election season without despair
Future Perfect

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

By Kelsey Piper
2024 Elections
5 mysteries that might determine the 2024 election5 mysteries that might determine the 2024 election
2024 Elections

Will any of the demographic narratives about 2024 come true?

By Christian Paz
Policy
Punish Democrats or Stop Trump? Arab Americans are agonizing over their votes.Punish Democrats or Stop Trump? Arab Americans are agonizing over their votes.
Policy

Pro-Palestinian voters are facing a moral dilemma.

By Abdallah Fayyad
2024 Elections
Republicans are serious about cutting people’s health careRepublicans are serious about cutting people’s health care
2024 Elections

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

By Dylan Scott
America’s faultlines
Trump really could empower RFK Jr. to wreck public healthTrump really could empower RFK Jr. to wreck public health
America’s faultlines

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

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
How safe is your vote from manipulation?How safe is your vote from manipulation?
Politics

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

By Li Zhou
Politics
The big lie behind Biden’s “garbage” gaffe scandalThe big lie behind Biden’s “garbage” gaffe scandal
Politics

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

By Eric Levitz
Supreme Court
The Republican Supreme Court just blessed an illegal voter purgeThe Republican Supreme Court just blessed an illegal voter purge
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
What if Jill Stein or RFK Jr. decides the election?What if Jill Stein or RFK Jr. decides the election?
Politics

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

By Nicole Narea
Trump 2.0, explained
Would Trump’s mass deportation plan actually work?Would Trump’s mass deportation plan actually work?
Trump 2.0, explained

Here’s what history tells us.

By Nicole Narea
2024 Elections
The cruel truth behind Trump’s new attacks on trans peopleThe cruel truth behind Trump’s new attacks on trans people
2024 Elections

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

By Aja Romano
2024 Elections
The crisis that could ensue if Harris wins narrowlyThe crisis that could ensue if Harris wins narrowly
2024 Elections

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

By Andrew Prokop
Culture
How feminism fell from favorHow feminism fell from favor
Culture

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

By Constance Grady
Politics
Could Republicans really lose a Senate race in Nebraska?Could Republicans really lose a Senate race in Nebraska?
Politics

Independent Dan Osborn is closing in on the GOP incumbent.

By Li Zhou
Politics
Kamala Harris’s closing message might be a mistakeKamala Harris’s closing message might be a mistake
Politics

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

By Eric Levitz
2024 Elections
What a close race in Texas means for Democrats in red statesWhat a close race in Texas means for Democrats in red states
2024 Elections

Perennial promises of a blue Texas have fallen short.

By Nicole Narea
2024 Elections
How much does early voting tell us about who will be president?How much does early voting tell us about who will be president?
2024 Elections

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

By Ellen Ioanes
Today, Explained podcast
Why Trump and Republicans think they have a chance in NevadaWhy Trump and Republicans think they have a chance in Nevada
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

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

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram
2024 Elections
Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally showed how racism is the beating heart of election denialTrump’s Madison Square Garden rally showed how racism is the beating heart of election denial
2024 Elections

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

By Christian Paz
Politics
Michelle Obama made the case for abortion rights in a way Joe Biden never couldMichelle Obama made the case for abortion rights in a way Joe Biden never could
Politics

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

By Li Zhou
Politics
MAGA’s closing argument: Racist attacks on a critical bloc of swing-state votersMAGA’s closing argument: Racist attacks on a critical bloc of swing-state voters
Politics

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

By Nicole Narea
2024 Elections
The Trumpiest judges in America want to toss out thousands of lawfully cast ballotsThe Trumpiest judges in America want to toss out thousands of lawfully cast ballots
2024 Elections

It’s probably not going to work, though.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
A new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential electionA new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential election
Supreme Court

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

By Ian Millhiser