Presidential Election Archive
Archives for May 2016


Even the polls that have Trump ahead show how much Americans dislike and mistrust him.


She doesn’t talk enough about her favorite sports. Or something.


West represents a black intellectual critique of Hillary Clinton — and of a middle-class black establishment that’s chosen comfort over change.


Withdrawing the US commitment to Japan’s defense would profoundly alter the entire region.


A Trump anecdote about fossil fuels that belongs in a time capsule.


Is this a temporary blip or the new normal?


In 2013, Trump had quite the burn for political satirist and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart: He called him by his birth name, Jonathan Leibowitz. Jon Stewart had the last laugh.


By just 0.6 percent.


The video game could have made for a great movie. This isn’t it.


A complete catastrophe.


Reddit’s attempt to crackdown on one extremist subreddit had unexpected, dramatic consequences.


Donald Trump has a plan to make America smart again: raise tariffs, make better deals, and, for the love of God, stop China from “killing us” on trade — and “who the hell cares” about the consequences?


The biggest news outlets have published more negative stories about Hillary Clinton than any other presidential candidate, one analysis suggests.


She needs Bernie’s supporters, but she also needs way more people than that.


One of Donald Trump’s official delegates to the Republican National Convention has been indicted for child pornography, illegally owning a machine gun, and illegally trying to mail explosives through the US Postal Service.