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Adam Maida / The Atlantic; Getty The Wackadoodle Wave
If 1994 brought the Republican Revolution and 2010 delivered the Tea Party to D.C., the 2022 election may bring something even more extreme.
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Drew Angerer / Getty The Art of the Dealer
J. D. Vance once decried Trump as “cultural heroin.” Now he’s won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Ohio by peddling Trumpism.
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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times / Getty Mitch McConnell’s Nightmare Scenario
Why a GOP takeover in this fall’s midterms is not quite a sure thing
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Getty; The Atlantic Biden’s Uncertainty Principle
Will life feel even remotely “normal” by the 2022 midterms?
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Gene Smith / AP Go Knock on Doors
Today’s Democrats can learn from the organizers of 1964, whose efforts to register Black voters across the South transformed the meaning of democracy in our country.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Biden Undermined Faith in Elections
The president is heightening the distrust in democracy that he promised to reduce.
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Mario Tama / Getty Trump Soft-Launches His 2024 Campaign
The former president’s message at his Arizona rally was as clear as it was dishonest: He didn’t lose to Joe Biden in 2020, and he’ll spend the next year working to elect Republicans who agree.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: The Midterms Are Closing In on the Democrats
The election is 300 days away. What will the party in power get done before then?
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Getty; The Atlantic Trump Is Making the Midterms a Referendum on Himself
The former president is already picking favorites in Republican contests. Whether they win will be a test of his power.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty How Do Democrats Recover From This?
Here are five ways in which they could salvage their election chances.
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Matteo Minnella / A3 / Contrasto / Redux Where Biden Goes From Here
The Democratic establishment is feeling the heat more than ever.
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Steve Helber / AP What Democrats Need to Realize Before 2022
And how the president’s party fell victim to history
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty; Pool / Getty; The … Democrats Stare Into the Abyss
Will the president’s party pass major legislation before the midterm elections?
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Drew Angerer / Getty; Samuel Corum / Bloomberg … Is a Democratic Wipeout Inevitable?
Even when the president’s party passes historic legislation, voters don’t seem to care.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Democrats’ Greatest Delusion
The party keeps behaving like it can win the next election by pulling off the right set of political maneuvers.
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Damian Dovarganes / AP The California Recall Could Be a Road Map for Democrats
Gavin Newsom’s strategy has momentum, and it provides a crucial template for his fellow Dems in 2022.
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Sergio Flores / Getty Is This How Democrats Break Their Midterm Curse?
Most Democrats don’t approve of Texas’s new abortion ban. But they hope it may help them gin up voter enthusiasm.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / … Who Is Trump Reaching?
If the former president proves to be a kingmaker in the 2022 midterms, his allies say he may seek reelection in 2024.
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Jim Watson / Getty / The Atlantic Can Democrats Avoid a Wipeout in 2022?
Biden’s plan: Go big or go home.
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Octavio Jones / Reuters Trump Is Threatening Republican Prospects in 2022
The former president’s appearance at CPAC highlighted a mounting problem for his party.
