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Ted Gartland / AP The Supreme Court Is Colliding With a Less-Religious America
Justices’ drive to promote “religious liberty” may only become more intense.
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Getty / The Atlantic Democrats’ Real Liability in the House
Joe Biden’s walloping victory in the popular vote didn’t translate down-ballot.
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Lori Hawkins / Redux The GOP’s Big Self-Own
Republican support for Trump’s election-fraud claims isn’t just damaging to Biden and democracy—it’s damaging to Republicans too.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Democrats’ 2024 Problem Is Already Clear
Joe Biden succeeded in bridging his party’s past and future coalitions—but the challenges of future elections are daunting.
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Getty A Cold War Between Red and Blue America
Nothing about the results so far suggests the election will break the country’s long-term political stalemate.
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Getty / The Atlantic Why the 2020s Could Be as Dangerous as the 1850s
Democrats could win decisively next week. But that still wouldn’t neutralize minority Republican power.
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Samuel Corum / Getty The GOP’s Demographic Doom
Millennials and Gen Z are only a few years away from dominating the electorate.
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Demetrius Freeman / Getty What the Rush to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Is Really About
The Republican Party wants to shield itself from the growing Democratic coalition.
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Getty / The Atlantic Why Kamala Harris Is Still Showing Up Tonight
The Biden campaign doesn’t want to shift any focus away from President Trump’s mismanagement of the pandemic.
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Getty / The Atlantic Republicans Are Trapped on Preexisting Conditions
Their health-care plans’ lack of protections is a feature, not a bug.
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Getty / The Atlantic Democrats’ SCOTUS Message Could Really Work in Swing States
The party may have an easier time taking back the Senate if it focuses voters’ attention on the Court’s impact on health care.
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Getty / The Atlantic Why Republicans Still Don’t Care About Climate Change
Extreme-weather events represent an irresistible force for action. But an immovable object is in the way.
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Mario Tama / Getty Democrats Won’t Cede the Streets This Time
The party learned a lesson from the 2000 recount fight: “We won’t have litigation on the left and thuggery and election disruption on the right.”
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Getty / The Atlantic The Huge Snag in Trump’s Reelection Pitch
The president’s own volatility complicates his effort to convince Americans that he can stabilize their lives.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP The Flight 93 Convention
The GOP’s apocalyptic rhetoric echoes a conservative call to arms during the 2016 election.
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Win McNamee / Getty / Shutterstock / The ... The Missing Piece in Biden’s Convention Speech
The Democratic Party took a gamble by not delivering a more targeted economic message to working- and middle-class families.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty The Democratic Convention Is a Reality Check for Trump
Blue America is only growing.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Just How Far Will Trump Go?
The president has dramatically accelerated the pace of his efforts to weaponize the federal government to his advantage.
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Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Kamala Harris’s Nomination Is a Turning Point for Democrats
It’s difficult to imagine the party nominating two white men for president and vice president ever again.
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Kevin C. Cox / Joe Raedle / Pool ... The Pandemic Is Damaging the GOP Brand Everywhere
The 2020 election undoubtedly offers Democrats their best chance yet to reclaim state legislative chambers across the country.
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