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Democrats’ Unproven Plan to Close Biden’s Enthusiasm Gap

April 19, 2024

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Sonia Sotomayor Should Retire Now

March 18, 2024

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What Tom Suozzi’s Win Means for Democrats

February 14, 2024

Tom Suozzi campaigning

Democrats Should Pick a New Presidential Candidate Now

February 13, 2024

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Don’t San Francisco–ize Clean Energy

Christopher S. Elmendorf

January 28, 2024

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Readers Share Their Most Misunderstood Views

Conor Friedersdorf

January 17, 2024

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Biden’s Economic Formula to Win in 2024

Ronald Brownstein

December 14, 2023

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Trump Isn’t Bluffing

David A. Graham

January/February 2024 Issue

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Is Biden Toast?

November 13, 2023

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Washington Week With The Atlantic

A Paradoxical Week for Democrats

November 11, 2023

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Republicans Can’t Figure It Out

Ronald Brownstein

November 8, 2023

Voters cast their ballots at a polling location

Should Democrats Stick With Biden?

Conor Friedersdorf

September 29, 2023

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America Needs Hunting More Than It Knows

September 1, 2023

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The Democrats Are Now America’s Conservative Party

David A. Graham

July 8, 2023

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It’s Abortion, Stupid

June 25, 2023

Abortion-rights protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building

Work Requirements Just Won’t Die

May 31, 2023

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Supply-Side Progressivism Has a Fatal Flaw

April 12, 2023

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How Working-Class White Voters Became the GOP’s Foundation

Ronald Brownstein

March 24, 2023

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The Four Quadrants of American Politics

Ronald Brownstein

March 17, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

Why Democrats Are Scared to Challenge Biden in 2024

February 28, 2023

President Biden delivers remarks at the Kempsville Recreation Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on February 28.

The Case for a Primary Challenge to Joe Biden

February 27, 2023

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The Catch-24 of Replacing Joe Biden

David A. Graham

February 10, 2023

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Biden’s Document Issue Is Nothing Like Trump’s

February 2, 2023

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The Senate Needs More Kyrsten Sinemas

Conor Friedersdorf

January 2, 2023

Illustration of Kyrsten Sinema and the U.S. Capitol.

How False Beliefs Propel Cultural Conflict

December 9, 2022

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Kyrsten Sinema’s Decision Is All About 2024

David A. Graham

December 9, 2022

Senator Kyrsten Sinema at the U.S. Capitol building

Benghazi Times Infinity

November 17, 2022

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Trumpism Is Toxic

November 10, 2022

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The Democratic Party’s Broccoli Politics

Michael Grunwald

November 10, 2022

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Why the Red Wave Hit New York

November 9, 2022

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Work In Progress

Democrats Might Have Pulled Off the Biggest Midterm Shock in Decades

November 9, 2022

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How Democrats Avoided a Red Wave

Ronald Brownstein

November 9, 2022

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Caught Between the Electorally Disastrous and the Morally Monstrous

David A. Graham

November 8, 2022

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Why Is America Always Divided 50–50?

November 8, 2022

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Democrats’ Long Goodbye to the Working Class

November 6, 2022

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Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters

November 3, 2022

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