2016 Election

Will Minority Voters Sway the California Senate Race?

Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez have courted African Americans and Latinos in their pursuit of Barbara Boxer’s seat. 

• Priscilla Alvarez
• June 7, 2016

Will Trump's Endorsement Make a Difference in North Carolina?

Endorsements don’t typically influence voters much. That could change with the likely GOP nominee.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• June 7, 2016

Trump Time Capsule #16: Looking for an Off-Ramp?

• James Fallows
• June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton Has Enough Delegates to Claim the Democratic Nomination

She becomes the first woman in line for a major-party nomination in U.S. history.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• June 6, 2016

The Un-American Essentialism of Donald Trump

The Republican candidate’s attacks on a federal judge directly undermine the principle on which America was founded.

• James Fallows
• June 6, 2016

What Hillary Clinton Sounded Like 47 Years Ago

• Russell Berman
• June 6, 2016

Trump's Libya Quagmire

The presumptive Republican nominee tries to draw a contrast between himself and Hillary Clinton, but both of them supported U.S. involvement in both Libya and Iraq.

• David A. Graham
• June 6, 2016

Trump Time Capsule #15: The Candidate Has No Campaign

• James Fallows
• June 6, 2016

Trump's Endorsers Can't Disown His Comments

Party leaders and down-ballot candidates who are backing Trump won’t be able to distance themselves from his racism and bigotry.

• Ron Fournier
• June 6, 2016

A Primary That Pitted Democrats Against Independents

According to exit polls, one of the biggest gaps between Clinton and Sanders has been supporters’ actual loyalty to the Democratic Party.

• Ronald Brownstein
• June 6, 2016

Can Hillary Finally Chase the Gloom Away?

After months of darkness, the clouds broke for the Clinton campaign last week. But how long will the clear skies last?

• Alex Wagner
• June 6, 2016

Mitch McConnell, a Politician in Full

The Senate majority leader dismisses purists and relives his biggest victories in a new memoir that offers clues to his reluctant embrace of Donald Trump.

• Russell Berman
• June 6, 2016

There's No Escaping the Top of the Ballot

Congressional Republicans are trying to distance themselves from Donald Trump by focusing on their local constituencies. But like it or not, presidential candidates drive the race.

• Michelle Cottle
• June 6, 2016

A Soft Referendum in Puerto Rico

An easy Clinton win in the Puerto Rico primary signals support—however hesitant—for Congress’s debt relief bill.

• Vann R. Newkirk II
• June 5, 2016

The Problem With Calling Out Judges for Their Race

Donald Trump has no legal justification for questioning Gonzalo Curiel.

• Garrett Epps
• June 5, 2016

Trump and the Fear of Evil in America

The U.S. presidential candidate appeals to white evangelicals in part because he taps into common suspicions.

• Theo Anderson
• June 4, 2016

What Does It Mean to Be a Republican?

Donald Trump is putting that question to the test.

• Priscilla Alvarez
• June 4, 2016