By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun in the mid-19th century.
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While the president achieved significant successes, especially early in his tenure, his presidency will be remembered as one that did not suit the times.
Popular memes debating Harris’ racial authenticity say less about the US’s first Black and Indian vice president and more about Americans’ complex cultural conversations.
The ‘optics’ were not good for Joe Biden, but most parents would understand the president’s desire to protect his son.
The votes for Trump added up in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck.
His return follows the trail of another American president who rebounded from defeat to victory and then four years of unchecked power.
What was the secret of Trump’s success?
Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020, but that doesn’t mean he can win again in 2024. Such is the nature of elections in a purple state.
The apparent unity of certain religious groups hides a denominational vote that is sharply divided, particularly along ethnic lines.
While the Republican Party platform has typically included anti-abortion language, this year’s platform is curiously silent on the issue.
Eric Adams, the New York mayor facing an indictment that could end his career and send him to jail, long boasted that his swagger was good for the city. But swagger doesn’t make a good mayor.
Walz, who is set to debate JD Vance on Oct. 1, comes from a particular kind of progressive politics in the Midwest, united under the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
History illustrates that voters become galvanized and change their party allegiance when former US presidents run for a nonconsecutive term.
Democrats have been losing rural voters across the US since the 1960s, and that collapse has fueled Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ movement.
Of the four presidential and vice presidential candidates, only Tim Walz did not mention China in his convention speech − and he is the only one with personal knowledge of the country.
The secret of the successful speeches at the Democratic National Convention lies in three words with origins in ancient Greece: ethos, pathos and logos
The best an opposing party can hope for during convention week is some sort of misfire. But those are rare in this era of scripted conventions designed to minimize controversy.
Chicago has been a site of both discord and hope for the Democrats. As the party nominates Kamala Harris this week, it will seek to put conflict behind it.
Walz has a formidable resume as a former schoolteacher, football coach and national guardsman-turned-politician.
The fight for women’s reproductive rights could be a big vote-winner for Kamala Harris.
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