Election 2016

Kamala Harris, with Liz Cheney behind her, smiles and clutches her hand. A banner reads Country Over Party behind.

The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction

The vice president’s eager embrace of Republican support is one sign that the mistakes of 2016 are being repeated.

Oct 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe

The Democratic nominee is acting like protecting her small lead is more important than energizing her base. We’ve seen this story before—and it didn’t end well.

Oct 7, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator JD Vance visits

JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated

For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.

Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Concerned Women for America Summit held at the Capitol Hilton on September 15, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Facing a Historic Gender Gap, Trump Decides to Browbeat Women Facing a Historic Gender Gap, Trump Decides to Browbeat Women

The former president is doubling down on paternalism and contempt.

Sep 23, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump smiling next to J.D. Vance

Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird

The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.

Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection

Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection

Insecure and contemplating defeat, the former president returns to a familiar script.

Aug 16, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump holds an artwork of the assassination attempt, which he signed for the artist, during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 3, in Atlanta.

Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden

The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making.

Aug 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Workers digging a hole to install a cable

Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout” Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout”

Working- and middle-class Americans take pride in their work. If Democrats want to win their votes, they need to acknowledge and appeal to that pride, not dismiss or patronize it....

Jul 23, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson

The torch has been passed: Vice President Kamala Harris with President Biden at the White House in May.

By Withdrawing in Favor of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Proves That Only the GOP Is a Personality Cult By Withdrawing in Favor of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden Proves That Only the GOP Is a Personality Cult

Democrats acted as a proper political party, while Republicans remain in thrall to a dangerous authoritarian.

Jul 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Reflected on a mirror, then–Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event to unveil a report with analysis related to Recovery Act investments in innovation, science, and technology on August 24, 2010, at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.

The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem

And so does the president. As he decides his future, Joe Biden has to come to terms with the war within himself.

Jul 19, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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