Elections
Our coverage of major elections around the world this year, in countries including America, India and Britain
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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
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Europe
The hard right takes Germany into dangerous territory
The parties in Olaf Scholz’s coalition are crushed in state polls
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Europe
Why east Germany is such fertile ground for extremists
The Alternative for Germany is set for record-breaking performances in coming state elections
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United States
To hold the Senate, Democrats have to do something extraordinary
They must pull off the biggest reversal of electoral disadvantage since 1978
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United States
Kamala Harris completes her reinvention
As the Democrats’ convention ends, the general election begins in earnest
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Briefing
Kamala Harris has revealed only the vaguest of policy platforms
Her record suggests she would be a pragmatist
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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
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Finance & economics
Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure
She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics
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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
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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
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United States
San Francisco Democrats are embracing “law and order” politics
Who is going to tell Donald Trump?
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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
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United States
Why the 2024 Chicago convention is not the 1968 convention
And the war in Gaza is not Kamala Harris’s Vietnam
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Leaders
Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
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United States
Our new forecast for America’s presidential election
Why the polls don’t tell the whole story
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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