Donald Trump’s bizarre appointments are alarming,but perhaps more worrying is who he wants to fire. Trump’s war on the so-called “deep state” is an assault on the apparatus that built America to greatness.
How to respond to Trump’s triumph recalls how the Democrats answered Reagan. Bill Clinton’s election-winning shift had Reaganite notes,but what made for good politics often made for terrible policy.
One of the most climactic elections in US history is also one of the closest.
Everything matters in this squeaker of a US election,but when the result is known,these tiny factors may have ended up making the difference between defeat and victory.
The transformation of attitudes towards the presidential hopeful has been rapid and profound. Was she underestimated – or has she changed?
Era-defining political leaders are no more. We’ve ended up with a pernicious paradox:populism is killing off the popular politician.
American politics will have another split-screen moment this week as Tim Walz debates J.D. Vance in the vice-presidential debate.
There’s evidence of a rational majority in America,but the voices of moderation are drowned out:not so much a silent majority as an unheard majority.
By emphasising race – something she has so far downplayed,as Obama did in 2008 – Kamala Harris runs the risk of playing into her opponent’s hands.
No amount of sanewashing can obscure the fact that the elevators in Trump Tower no longer appear to go to the top floor.
Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI,fake news and other threats to our way of life?