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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for August 2016

Politics
We set out to measure just how much Trump is hurting the GOP this cycle. Here’s how.We set out to measure just how much Trump is hurting the GOP this cycle. Here’s how.
Politics

This should be a Republican-friendly year. Then Trump happened.

By Dylan Matthews
Hillary Clinton’s neoconservative fan club, explained
Politics

She’s not one of them — the truth is much more boring.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Why it would make perfect sense if Roger Ailes is really advising Donald TrumpWhy it would make perfect sense if Roger Ailes is really advising Donald Trump
Politics

It says a lot about Trump’s attitude towards women, and about how powerful men stick together.

By Emily Crockett
Hillary Clinton’s newly announced transition team gives us a hint of her priorities as president
Politics

A focus on children and family issues.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Donald Trump has supported Hillary Clinton for longer than he’s opposed herDonald Trump has supported Hillary Clinton for longer than he’s opposed her
Politics

Trump has a substantial history of praising his opposing candidate.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nomineeThe media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee
Politics

The media helped create Donald Trump, and now it’s helping to destroy him.

By Ezra Klein
Donald Trump’s once-masterful “attention at any cost” strategy has turned into a disaster
Politics

What works in primaries fails in a general election.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
It’s time to accept that Donald Trump is never going to learn basic stuff about the worldIt’s time to accept that Donald Trump is never going to learn basic stuff about the world
Politics

Donald Trump’s big foreign policy speech was nonsense, in the most literal sense of the word.

By Zack Beauchamp
Donald Trump’s plan to subject immigrants to “ideological tests,” explained
Explainers

Making it harder to enter the US — and even harder than that to move here for good.

By Dara Lind
2016 Presidential Election
In 1997, the US ranked 52nd in the world for women in government. Now we’re 97th.In 1997, the US ranked 52nd in the world for women in government. Now we’re 97th.
2016 Presidential Election

What happened?

By Sarah Kliff and Soo Oh
Politics
Breitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won.Breitbart thought the polls were biased against Trump. So it did its own poll. Clinton won.
Politics

Because Breitbart still has to follow the same polling rules as everyone else.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Right now polls show Donald Trump losing every single swing stateRight now polls show Donald Trump losing every single swing state
2016 Presidential Election
The controversy over Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, explainedThe controversy over Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, explained
2016 Presidential Election

Here’s what’s actually going on.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Why I don’t think it makes sense to attribute Trump’s support to economic anxietyWhy I don’t think it makes sense to attribute Trump’s support to economic anxiety
Politics

It’s all about white resentment.

By Matthew Yglesias
Politics
Sean Hannity called a columnist an asshole. What happened next explains Donald Trump.Sean Hannity called a columnist an asshole. What happened next explains Donald Trump.
Politics

“Dumbass with his head up his ass.”

By Zack Beauchamp