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Karen Pulfer Focht / Reuters Why Americans Hate Politicians: Chris Christie Edition
There are elected officials who could endorse Donald Trump without disgracing themselves. But given his past positions and rhetoric, the New Jersey governor isn’t one of them.
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New Zealand Feels the Bern
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Liberal Millennial Revolution
It’s here, it’s coherent, and it’s doomed—unless young people change their approach to political reform.
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Library of Congress Why Won't Donald Trump Repudiate the Ku Klux Klan?
The Republican frontrunner repeatedly declined to renounce the support of white supremacists—reinforcing questions about his rhetoric.
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Win McNamee / Getty Hillary Clinton Wins Big in South Carolina
The former secretary of state heads into Super Tuesday with an overwhelming victory, even outpacing Barack Obama among African American voters in some areas.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Barack Obama's Heir
By winning over the black voters who rejected her in 2008, Hillary Clinton may clinch the Democratic nomination—and inherit the coalition built by the president who defeated her.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Trump Reveals the End of the Religious Right's Preeminence
Conservative Christian leaders have proven unable to steer the race, exposing the splintered state of their movement.
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YouTube Marco Rubio May Have Finally Discovered the Anti-Trump Kryptonite
What’s the only way to undermine a posturing bully? Make people laugh at him.
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Gary Coronado, Houston Chronicle / AP Trump Is Winning a Two-Front War
His strength in states that represent different elements of the GOP coalition shows his uniqueness as a candidate—and the challenge he presents for his rivals.
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LM Otero / AP Chris Christie Rides to Trump's Rescue
The New Jersey governor makes a surprising and timely endorsement of the Republican front-runner.
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Shutterstock Disproportional Elections
Super Tuesday states are supposed to allocate their delegates in line with the GOP’s primary vote. But many states are tipping the scales toward the frontrunner.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Trump's Birther Libel
The Republican front-runner is attempting to make American citizenship a matter of race and blood.
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Jim Young / Reuters Goodbye Jeb Bush, Hello Donald Trump
The former Florida governor was once considered inevitable. Now, with growing establishment support, the former reality star-turned-White House hopeful looks like he could be.
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Mike Stone / Reuters Trump's Terrible Night in Houston
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Mike Stone / Reuters Donald Trump's Terrible Night
The Republican front-runner took some sharp blows from Marco Rubio, and appeared listless—even low energy—up on stage.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters Will Republicans Target Trump in Texas?
The chances are dwindling for Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio to knock off the front-runner, but they’ll have at least one in the Republican debate Thursday night.
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Emily Jan / The Atlantic Meet the Voters of Houston's 'Ellis Island'
In restaurants and storefronts lining the city’s commercial strip, immigrants reflect on the presidential race in their adopted homeland.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters How the Conservative Movement Enabled the Rise of Trump
All ideologies are vulnerable to populist excesses and destructive impulses. The right indulged them too long, and lost control.
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Jae C. Hong / AP Trump Is Redefining the Republican Party
And his rivals are poorly positioned to stop him.
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John Locher / AP A Changing Latino Electorate
What the Nevada caucuses revealed about the minority vote.
