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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for September 2016

Donald Trump Jr. has a white supremacist problem
Politics

The trouble is that he doesn’t seem to care.

By Libby Nelson
Recent polls suggest Hillary Clinton is still on track to win — but just barely
Politics

It is close, but she still has an edge.

By Andrew Prokop
Mike Pence: Trump and I believe there’s “far too much talk” about racism in policing
Play
Politics

The Republican ticket for president apparently wants you to please drop this issue.

By German Lopez
Culture
Hillary Clinton’s Between Two Ferns interview is the best one she’s ever doneHillary Clinton’s Between Two Ferns interview is the best one she’s ever done
Culture

“I really regret doing this,” Clinton says.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Trump wants to recreate New York’s unconstitutional, ineffective stop-and-frisk program
Politics

The program was a massive, racially biased, ineffective failure.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump
Politics

The Republican Party depends on “a silent majority that isn’t a majority and is not particularly silent.”

By Zack Beauchamp
The key question on the Clinton Foundation is whether it saved lives. The answer is clearly yes.
Politics

The question we should be asking about the Clinton Foundation: Is it a good charity?

By Dylan Matthews
Politics
Donald Trump wants to bring back the “tough on crime” policies that helped cause mass incarcerationDonald Trump wants to bring back the “tough on crime” policies that helped cause mass incarceration
Play
Politics

Trump hasn’t always been very specific when it comes to criminal justice policy. But there have been some very big clues.

By German Lopez
Mischiefs of Faction
Monday’s presidential debate: the Donald Trump Show, starring Hillary ClintonMonday’s presidential debate: the Donald Trump Show, starring Hillary Clinton
Mischiefs of Faction

The stakes may be higher for Clinton than Trump in their first presidential debate.

By Jennifer Victor
Study: Donald Trump’s trade policies could cost 4 million jobs
Politics

Yikes.

By Zack Beauchamp
Calling Donald Trump’s lies “lies” isn’t partisan. It’s the truth.
Politics

This column from the New York Times’s public editor is everything wrong with “objective journalism.”

By Dara Lind
Don King just used the n-word to introduce Donald Trump in Ohio
Politics

This could be why the Republican establishment didn’t want King at the RNC. (Well, and that he killed a man.)

By Libby Nelson
Clinton’s real millennial problem: young Americans are less loyal to Democrats
Politics

There’s a political split between younger and older millennials — and we can pinpoint an approximate date.

By Jeff Stein
Vox Sentences: A new frontier in sketchiness for the sketchtastic Trump Foundation
2016 Presidential Election

Turns out you can’t use your foundation to pay off lawsuits against your companies.

By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
The strange history and ugly core of Donald Trump Jr.‘s Skittles tweet, explained
Politics

It’s not really about refugees. It’s about stoking fear of Muslims.

By Libby Nelson