Elections
Our coverage of major elections around the world this year, in countries including America, India and Britain
By Invitation
Kamala Harris has good vibes. Time for some good policies
Steven Teles, a political scientist, on the three Ps that the Democratic nominee should focus on
Europe
The hard right takes Germany into dangerous territory
The parties in Olaf Scholz’s coalition are crushed in state polls
Europe
Why east Germany is such fertile ground for extremists
The Alternative for Germany is set for record-breaking performances in coming state elections
United States
To hold the Senate, Democrats have to do something extraordinary
They must pull off the biggest reversal of electoral disadvantage since 1978
United States
Kamala Harris completes her reinvention
As the Democrats’ convention ends, the general election begins in earnest
Briefing
Kamala Harris has revealed only the vaguest of policy platforms
Her record suggests she would be a pragmatist
Leaders
Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump. But how would she govern?
Being a politician is about more than campaigning. More policy detail is needed
Finance & economics
Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure
She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics
United States
History will judge Joe Biden by Kamala Harris
A victory would be her triumph, and his, but a loss would be his responsibility
United States
How Robert F. Kennedy junior’s effect on the election has shifted
Historically, polls have tended to overstate the strength of third parties
United States
San Francisco Democrats are embracing “law and order” politics
Who is going to tell Donald Trump?
By Invitation
Kamala Harris must define herself before Donald Trump does it for her
High on her list should be wooing older, less-educated white women, says Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster
United States
Why the 2024 Chicago convention is not the 1968 convention
And the war in Gaza is not Kamala Harris’s Vietnam
Leaders
Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
United States
Our new forecast for America’s presidential election
Why the polls don’t tell the whole story
United States
Can Kamala Harris win Michigan without Arab-American voters?
The Democratic nominee will have tricky territory to navigate at next week’s party convention