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Andrew Prokop

Andrew Prokop

Senior Politics Correspondent

    Latest articles by Andrew Prokop

    Politics
    3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate
    Politics

    Tuesday night’s Vance-Walz matchup was more civil and substantive than the Trump-Harris one — with enough for both sides to claim victory.

    By Andrew Prokop, Dylan Scott and 2 more
    America’s faultlines
    The Architect: Stephen Miller’s dark agenda for a second Trump termThe Architect: Stephen Miller’s dark agenda for a second Trump term
    America’s faultlines

    Miller has spent years plotting mass deportation. If Trump wins, he’ll put his plans into action.

    By Andrew Prokop
    America’s faultlines
    The big lie about Project 2025The big lie about Project 2025
    America’s faultlines

    Trump says he has nothing to do with Project 2025’s abortion policies. That’s false.

    By Andrew Prokop
    2024 Elections
    Has Harris pulled ahead of Trump? The state of the 2024 polls, explained.Has Harris pulled ahead of Trump? The state of the 2024 polls, explained.
    2024 Elections

    What’s happened in the polls after the debate — and the implications for the Electoral College.

    By Andrew Prokop
    Politics
    Trump’s latest push to steal a Nebraska electoral vote appears to have floppedTrump’s latest push to steal a Nebraska electoral vote appears to have flopped
    Politics

    The state has an odd rule that gave Biden an electoral vote in 2020. Trump wants to change that. So far, he’s failed.

    By Andrew Prokop
    Politics
    What happened to Nate SilverWhat happened to Nate Silver
    Politics

    Once beloved by progressives, Silver now feuds with them regularly. He tells us why.

    By Andrew Prokop
    2024 Elections
    3 winners and 2 losers from the Harris-Trump debate3 winners and 2 losers from the Harris-Trump debate
    2024 Elections

    This debate went a whole lot better for Democrats than the last one.

    By Andrew Prokop, Nicole Narea and 1 more
    2024 Elections
    What the polls show about Harris’s chances against TrumpWhat the polls show about Harris’s chances against Trump
    2024 Elections

    The key swing states have hair-raisingly tight margins. Who has the edge?

    By Andrew Prokop
    2024 Elections
    The Trump Arlington National Cemetery controversy, explainedThe Trump Arlington National Cemetery controversy, explained
    2024 Elections

    Shoving, insults, politicizing soldiers’ gravesites: Why the Arlington incident struck a chord.

    By Andrew Prokop
    2024 Elections
    Kamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down TrumpKamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down Trump
    2024 Elections

    She cited three familiar issues — but with new twists.

    By Andrew Prokop