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Alex Wong / Getty Can GOP Voters Handle the Truth?
Liz Cheney told the people of Wyoming and America to snap out of their Trump-induced trance.
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Mark Peterson / Redux Trump Is Back on the Ballot
That’s a problem for Republicans.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Liz Cheney, the Republican From the State of Reality
She isn’t really fighting to keep her seat in Congress. She’s fighting Donald Trump.
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Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Lessons From a Lonely, Trump-Defiant Republican
Seeking reelection? It won’t be easy.
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Ross D. Franklin / AP; Carlos Barria / … The Radical Fringe That Just Went Mainstream in Arizona
The Republican primary has given us the most antidemocratic slate of candidates in America, but can Democratic normies stop them in November?
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Nathan Posner / Anadolu Agency / Getty What Kansas Means for the Midterms
The surprise defeat of a ballot measure may hold lessons for November and abortion access in other states.
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Don Campbell / AP Democrats Might Avoid a Midterm Wipeout
White-collar suburban voters will play an outsize role in upcoming elections.
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Ron Haviv / VII / Redux The Kansas Abortion Shocker
The defeat of an anti-abortion ballot measure could buoy Democratic hopes for an outraged electorate this fall.
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty John Fetterman Is Very Online. That’s Not Why He’s Ahead.
If he debates Dr. Mehmet Oz in the fall, it will be worth watching.
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Matt York / AP Mike Pence Is Trying to Send a Message
The former vice president is doing political damage control for his party. It seems like too little, too late.
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Jon Cherry / Getty The Real Reason Democrats Are Losing Ground on Education
The media seem to be missing the key takeaway from a new poll.
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Rachel Mummey / Reuters The Bannon Strategy
Fringe candidates promising to stop the steal, like Mark Finchem in Arizona, might just have their year.
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The Atlantic The Battle for Latino Voters in the Rust Belt
Democrats should be worried about losing Latino support—and not just in the obvious places.
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Liu Guanguan / China News Service / Getty Do Voters See a Difference Between Crime and Homelessness?
Plus: The case for staying in a bad marriage
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Nick Rohlman; The Atlantic Are Iowa’s Democratic Days Gone for Good?
Presidents, senators, and first ladies doted on the Simpson children. Now they’re struggling to face their state’s post-Trump reality.
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The Atlantic; Alamy The Abortion-Rights Message That Some Activists Hate
A devastating defeat in the Supreme Court could be a boon to the Democrats’ slim midterm hopes—if they can agree on the way to convert progressive anger into votes.
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Brittany Greeson / The New York Times / … The Election Denier Who Could Run Michigan’s Elections
Kristina Karamo was an unknown poll worker who claimed the 2020 election was fraudulent. Now she’s the Republican candidate for secretary of state.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Tayfun Coskun / … What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism
The movement no longer depends on Trump himself.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Swing Voters in the Culture War
Persuadable people are out there, if Democrats just know where to look.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Democrats’ Midterm Identity Crisis
Biden’s agenda is stuck. His party hasn’t figured out how to replace it.
