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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for April 2016

Politics
Julia Ioffe profiled Melania Trump. Then she started getting calls from Hitler.Julia Ioffe profiled Melania Trump. Then she started getting calls from Hitler.
Politics

Julia Ioffe is the latest in a string of Trump’s media casualties: journalists who have been exposed to the wrath of the Republican presidential candidate’s angriest supporters.

By Tara Golshan
2016 Presidential Election
Vox Sentences: Protesters force Trump to jump a wall (or at least a highway median)Vox Sentences: Protesters force Trump to jump a wall (or at least a highway median)
2016 Presidential Election

This time, it really is the Trump protesters’ fault; the US rules the Kunduz hospital bombing an accidental atrocity; sabotage at the Large Hadron Collider.

By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
Politics
Donald Trump could be a generation-long disaster for the Republican PartyDonald Trump could be a generation-long disaster for the Republican Party
Politics

Just ask Pete Wilson, whose immigrant-bashing turned California solid blue.

By Matthew Yglesias
Explainers
Anti-Trump protesters aren’t trying to change anyone’s mind. Here’s their strategy.Anti-Trump protesters aren’t trying to change anyone’s mind. Here’s their strategy.
Explainers

Protests against Trump are ramping up again. Here’s what protesters want.

By Dara Lind
Politics
The anti-Trump protests are ramping up againThe anti-Trump protests are ramping up again
Politics

Seventeen demonstrators were arrested at a Trump rally in Orange County that drew hundreds on Thursday night.

By Libby Nelson
Culture
The Daily Show turns Donald Trump’s bragging and misogyny into a rap songThe Daily Show turns Donald Trump’s bragging and misogyny into a rap song
Culture

“Everything Trump says is straight out of a rapper’s playbook. He brags about his money. He’s disrespectful to women. And there’s always fights at his concerts.”

By German Lopez
Politics
Why Trumpism can’t survive without Donald TrumpWhy Trumpism can’t survive without Donald Trump
Politics

Donald Trump’s outlandish, offensive comments are a feature, not a bug.

By Ezra Klein
Politics
The state of the Republican presidential race, explainedThe state of the Republican presidential race, explained
Politics

Trump is trying to lock down that delegate majority.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
The biggest myth about abortion that you probably believe is trueThe biggest myth about abortion that you probably believe is true
Politics

It seems nothing will revive the debate over abortion quite like an election year.

By Liz Plank
Politics
Trump’s big speech showed his foreign policy is all instincts, no knowledgeTrump’s big speech showed his foreign policy is all instincts, no knowledge
Politics

His foreign policy speech was … not good.

By Zack Beauchamp
Explainers
Want to know why so many Republicans hate Ted Cruz? Read his book.Want to know why so many Republicans hate Ted Cruz? Read his book.
Explainers

Really, you only have to read his book’s introduction.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
Caitlyn Jenner in a Trump hotel ladies’ room: “By the way, Ted, nobody got molested”Caitlyn Jenner in a Trump hotel ladies’ room: “By the way, Ted, nobody got molested”
Politics

Donald Trump said he doesn’t care which bathroom Caitlyn Jenner chooses. She put his comment to the test.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Boehner on Ted Cruz: “I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life”Boehner on Ted Cruz: “I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life”
Politics

He also called Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh.”

By Libby Nelson
After Trump: how authoritarian voters will change American politics
Politics

The new era of American authoritarianism.

By Amanda Taub
Politics
Ted Cruz just named Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in a desperate campaign shake-up bidTed Cruz just named Carly Fiorina as his VP pick in a desperate campaign shake-up bid
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Politics

Trump looks more dominant than ever, so Cruz is trying to change the subject.

By Andrew Prokop