After surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump vowed to tone down his rhetoric. But that didn’t last long.
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The incumbent vice president has a number of significant advantages over rival Democrats.
Had Biden not retreated, and had he been defeated by Trump, he would have been excoriated for being self-centred, hubristic and arrogant. His decision to step aside allows for a different ending.
Even though Biden has endorsed Harris, the process is more complicated than that, and it all leads to the party’s convention in August.
Harris bring admired debate skills as a career prosecutor but also a patchy performance as vice president to the race against Trump.
If the Democrats move forward with Kamala Harris, it could be the circuit breaker the party needed. It will also likely lead to misogynistic and racist vitriol.
Now that President Biden has pulled out of the race, let’s look at the numbers we have for a Harris vs Trump contest.
Joe Biden has become one of the few sitting American presidents not to seek a second term after failing to convince Democrats he has the stamina for another term in the Oval Office. What happens now?
With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
US vice president Kamala Harris is in the political spotlight as calls on Biden to drop out of the presidential race intensify.
If Joe Biden repeats his wobbly performance in an upcoming ABC TV interview, calls for him to withdraw from the race will intensify.
There are potential threats to US democracy posed by the choices voters make in this presidential election. But the benefits of American democracy have for centuries been unequally available.
At 81, the president is perhaps too old to run again. But he may be the only feasible option for Democrats.
Media coverage of vice presidential candidates tends to focus on who can help win the election rather than who is qualified to help govern once in office.
Nikki Haley is the latest American female politician to shift her language, depending on whom she is talking to and where. But this tactic has a flip side, prompting criticism of her as inconsistent.
On Nov. 5, 2024, Americans will likely have to choose between two older men as president. Here’s what to watch out for in the second showdown between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris is on track to be one of the most influential vice presidents in history. This says more about the Senate than the amount of power the vice president actually wields.
If elected, Biden would be the oldest person to occupy the White House. But he’s by far the most popular candidate the Democrats have.
In March, Albanese joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights. At the same time, in another part of the world, Uganda passed a string of draconian anti-gay laws.
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