2016 National Elections

Selling Fear and Anger: The Why and How of Trump

• James Fallows
• July 25, 2016

America's Rejection of the Politics of Barack Obama

The president’s belief in policies that can benefit all Americans is being repudiated by voters, in favor of a vision of politics as a zero-sum game.

• Jedediah Britton-Purdy
• July 25, 2016

The Disputed Influence of Black Lives Matter

Research suggests the movement affects voting behavior among African Americans in different ways.

• Theodore R. Johnson
• July 25, 2016

Another Clinton Email Scandal

As the Democratic National Convention prepares to kick off, a massive leak of hacked emails renews old questions about how the Clintons and their associates operate.

• Ron Fournier
• July 24, 2016

Just How 'Responsible' a Choice Is Tim Kaine?

The virtues that Hillary Clinton identified in Tim Kaine are also the ones that have led her astray in the past.

• Peter Beinart
• July 24, 2016

Trump’s Sunday School

The Republican presidential nominee might not recognize the church where he grew up, which is now led and attended almost entirely by immigrants.

• Emma Green
• July 24, 2016

A Family Affair at the Democratic National Convention

Meet the Clinton and Sanders delegates attending this week’s gathering—with their children, parents, and siblings.

• Clare Foran
• July 24, 2016

On Tim Kaine's Debut (Special-Edition Time Capsule #53)

• James Fallows
• July 23, 2016

What It’s Like to Write Speeches for the Conventions

Somewhere in the basements of Philadelphia, wordsmiths are crafting the messages of 2016.

• Christopher I. Haugh
• July 23, 2016

‘Low-Key, Loyal Effectiveness’: Clinton Chooses Tim Kaine

With her party’s convention in Philadelphia approaching, the Democratic nominee has a running mate.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• July 22, 2016

Donald Trump's Weird and Wild Post-RNC Speech

The morning after he accepted the Republican nomination with a serious, long speech, Trump dredged up old feuds, praised the National Enquirer, and had his fun.

• David A. Graham
• July 22, 2016

Do Republicans Think Trump Can Win?

Nonpartisan prognosticators and party officials seem bleak about the GOP’s chances in November. But delegates in Cleveland were at least somewhat more optimistic.

• David A. Graham
• July 22, 2016

Dispatch From a Ghost Town

Amid the chaos of the Republican National Convention, the city of Cleveland was quiet.

• David Giffels and Belt Magazine
• July 22, 2016

Trump Time Capsule #50: 'I Alone'

• James Fallows
• July 22, 2016

Donald Trump’s Bad Bet on Anger

In his speech to the Republican National Convention, the presidential nominee revealed a deeply flawed political strategy.

• David Frum
• July 21, 2016

The Art of Deception

Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention speech was full of misleading statements, twisted facts, and false characterizations.

• Ron Fournier
• July 21, 2016