The US elections of 2024
Our coverage of the race for the White House
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Many Trump supporters believe God has chosen him to rule
The Economist tries to find out why
Could the Democrats replace Joe Biden as their presidential candidate?
Worries about his chances of re-election are growing
Why Donald Trump is gaining ground with young voters
Joe Biden is struggling both on substance and on style
Can you have a healthy democracy without a common set of facts?
America’s presidential election is a test of that proposition
Donald Trump is the conservative media
No institution that enjoys the trust of Republican voters can successfully stand up to him
American journalism sounds much more Democratic than Republican
Whether this reflects bias or reality is in the eye of the beholder
News in brief
Republicans
Our tracker of voters’ intentions shows the contest behind Trump
And what might happen if Trump dropped out
Univision, America’s Spanish news giant, reaches out to Donald Trump
Under the network’s new owners, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
Does a civil-war-era ban on insurrectionists apply to Donald Trump?
So far, America’s judges have been reluctant to involve themselves in the 2024 election
Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024
What his victory in America’s election would mean
Donald Trump looks terrifyingly electable
If America’s presidential election were held tomorrow, he would probably win
Donald Trump’s second term would be a protectionist nightmare
His first term was bad enough
Democrats
Why non-white voters are abandoning the Democratic Party
America’s demographic changes are not playing out as anticipated
Democrats are giddy from this week’s electoral sweep
But their wins say little about Joe Biden’s 2024 prospects
Hunter Biden’s woes, and a new impeachment saga, will go on and on
Republican claims of bribery do not stack up, but uncomfortable details do
What Democrats can learn from Bobby Kennedy
The father—not the son—was the party’s last great populist
Joe Biden fires the starting gun on the presidential race
America’s future, and the West’s cohesion, rest on octogenarian shoulders
How the Democrats lost Florida
Their negligence in the former swing state paved a path for Republican dominance
Lexington
Joe Biden should admit Republicans are (partly) right about border security
The witless politics of polarisation is jeopardising support for legal immigration
How Donald Trump won the debate he skipped
Despite glimpses of Republican life without him, no obvious rival emerged
Only politics, not the law, can stop Donald Trump
His lies will otherwise remain an effective political and legal tool
The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it
Joe Biden should run against the Ivy League
The Supreme Court has given him the chance to restore his party’s commitment to uplift for all
Donald Trump has become more dangerous
As awful as it was, CNN’s town hall did the country a service by revealing the threat he presents
By the data
How to forecast an American’s vote
Religion, not race, is the best single predictor of voting preferences
What’s at stake
New Jersey introduced a smart voting reform—then let it lapse
The automatic right to vote from home helped make the state’s turnout the highest in America
How worried should you be about AI disrupting elections?
Disinformation will become easier to produce, but it matters less than you might think
AI will change American elections, but not in the obvious way
How polarisation inoculates Americans against misinformation
Ohio’s referendum is another win for abortion-rights campaigners
The Buckeye State decides against making its constitution harder to change
Checks and Balance
What does Donald Trump’s latest indictment mean for American democracy?
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, we ask how the new charges against the former president will affect the 2024 election
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What to make of the Supreme Court’s tumultuous term
Landmark 6-3 decisions overshadow a smattering of liberal wins