2016 Election

The Trumpian Divide

The 2016 campaign has revealed an America of stark division and mutual animosity.

• Molly Ball
• May 27, 2016

The Price of Public Money

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund used to give political unknowns a fighting shot. Now $300 million sits in the fund—and no one wants anything to do with it. Can campaign spending be fixed?

• Marilyn W. Thompson
• May 27, 2016

A Trumpist Workers' Party Manifesto

Abandoning the low-tax, small-government orthodoxy of the GOP, its nominee says he envisions the Republican Party of the future as a “workers’ party.”

• David A. Graham
• May 26, 2016

President Obama: World Leaders Are ‘Rattled’ by Trump

Speaking in Japan, Obama also explained the tense race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders by saying: “They are in the course of a primary.”

• Krishnadev Calamur
• May 26, 2016

When Will Sanders Start to Help His Party Heal?

Clinton has built dominant leads in delegates and the popular vote, but the tenacious Vermont senator is blocking her effort to consolidate support.

• Ronald Brownstein
• May 26, 2016

Battle of the Surrogates

Hillary Clinton can call on just about any elected official in the Democratic Party, including a past and current president. Donald Trump, not so much.

• Peter Beinart
• May 26, 2016

This Is How a Revolution Ends

The Democratic insurgent’s campaign is losing steam—but Bernie’s supporters are not ready to give up.

• Molly Ball
• May 26, 2016

Can Trump Whitewater-Raft His Way to the White House?

In an ironic twist, the Republican nominee—the author of many a failed real-estate deal—is trying to use the Clintons’ bad 1978 land purchase against Hillary Clinton

• David A. Graham
• May 25, 2016

An Awkward Reality in the Democratic Primary

Washington voters handed Hillary Clinton a primary win, symbolically reversing the result of the state caucus where Bernie Sanders prevailed.

• Clare Foran
• May 25, 2016

A Democratic Primary That's 2008 All Over Again?

Bernie Sanders is contesting the Democratic primary to the end, just as Hillary Clinton did eight years ago—but that parallel has its limits.

• Andrew McGill
• May 25, 2016

The Political Revolution’s Next Frontier

• Clare Foran
• May 24, 2016

A Win for Early Voting—and Democrats—in Ohio

A judge ruled that a law eliminating a week of early voting and same-day registration violates the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.

• David A. Graham
• May 24, 2016

Gary Johnson Is Having a Good Day

Recent polls shown increasing support for the former governor, who’s hoping to win the Libertarian Party’s nomination this weekend.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• May 24, 2016

How Republican Governors Are Narrowing Clinton's Choices

Harry Reid says ‘Hell no’ to a running mate who would be replaced in the Senate by a Republican. That means you, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, and Cory Booker.

• Russell Berman
• May 24, 2016

The Gamble of Using Campaign Surrogates

These wonks and celebrities won’t win candidates an election, and they might cause trouble. Why do politicians rely on them?

• Nora Kelly Lee
• May 24, 2016

Unity Won't Come Easily for Democrats

The people Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders picked to help draft the Democratic Party platform highlight a divide between the candidates.

• Clare Foran
• May 24, 2016

Will Bernie Sanders Hurt His Own Cause?

Petty political fights distract from the Vermont senator’s goal of a long-lasting movement.

• Clare Foran
• May 24, 2016