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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for September 2016

Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines’s less racist but more murderous Donald Trump, explained
2016 Presidential Election

“All of you who are into drugs, you sons of bitches, I will really kill you.”

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The swing state math still looks terrible for Donald TrumpThe swing state math still looks terrible for Donald Trump
Politics

With about two months left in the campaign, the national race between Clinton and Trump has tightened.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
The media is officially in denial about Donald Trump’s immigration planThe media is officially in denial about Donald Trump’s immigration plan
Politics

Stop trying to make Trump’s immigration pivot happen. It’s not going to happen.

By Dara Lind
Ivanka Trump’s book has some kind of horrifying advice about sexual harassment
Gender

Even though she understands how toxic harassment can be.

By Libby Nelson
Politics
The FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, explainedThe FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, explained
Politics

Here’s what we learned from the FBI’s 58-page report on Clinton’s email server.

By Jeff Stein
The US and China just joined the Paris climate deal — making it harder for Donald Trump to scrap it
Climate

“This is momentum with purpose.”

By Rebecca Leber
Ivanka Trump’s advice for working women: change yourselves, not the world
2016 Presidential Election

I spoke to dozens of Ivanka Trump fans — and some of her critics. Here’s what they told me.

By Kate Shellnutt
Donald Trump is doing worse with Latinos than the previous 6 Republican presidential candidates
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Politics

Trump once promised he’d win the Hispanic vote. A new poll shows he almost certainly won’t.

By German Lopez
Politics
Face the Nation’s John Dickerson is a huge campaign history nerd. Here’s how he sees Trump.Face the Nation’s John Dickerson is a huge campaign history nerd. Here’s how he sees Trump.
Politics

Dickerson picks the moment future historians might turn to to sum up the Trump campaign.

By Libby Nelson
Vox Sentences: The FBI hits publish on its Hillary Clinton email investigation
Politics

The FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton is revealed in full.

By Dylan Matthews, Dara Lind and 2 more
Politics
Garrison Keillor’s Donald Trump takedown is surprisingly brutalGarrison Keillor’s Donald Trump takedown is surprisingly brutal
Politics

Keillor makes Trump look not dangerous, but pathetic.

By Libby Nelson
Trump surrogate warns of scary future with “taco trucks” on “every corner”
Politics

“If you don’t do something about it, you’re gonna have taco trucks every corner,” Latinos for Trump co-founder Marco Gutierrez said.

By German Lopez
The New York Times’ latest Clinton Foundation “scandal” may be the dumbest one yet
Politics

tfw your successful mission to North Korea is portrayed as improper for no reason.

By Matthew Yglesias
How Ivanka Trump is using her dad’s campaign to strengthen her own brand
Politics

Her soft-focus feminism is aimed at women who almost certainly won’t vote for Donald Trump.

By Libby Nelson