If Democrats benefit from higher turnout and Trump is unpopular, they could heavily defeat Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
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There is still public hunger for reliable and trustworthy information. This should give news media outlets hope – and inspire them to invest in new ways to reach audiences.
The former president represents a particular type of masculinity.
It’s claimed that more information can solve our crises, from climate change to Gaza. But the world today shows how this vision of reason has tipped over into unreason, anger, and barbarism.
There are some surprising and controversial choices, but all Trump’s cabinet picks have made their allegiances very clear.
As well as becoming an ‘everything app’ and a place where lies continue to flourish, X is likely to see an increase what’s known as ‘cyberbalkanisation’.
We were promised a more progressive future as a result of young people becoming politically active. But then Trump took over the online ‘manosphere’.
With a federal election due in the first half of 2025, the Coalition is gaining on Labor.
Get ready for an alarming future, where truth and science no longer matter.
The Democratic National Committee chair has refuted Sanders’ claim his party ‘abandoned’ the left, saying Joe Biden was ‘the most pro-worker president of my lifetime’. But did workers hear his message?
Efforts to tackle the climate crisis – both in Australia and globally – are much bigger than one man. Here are ten reasons to remain hopeful.
Where once Democrats could rely on the votes of Hispanic Americans, Trump has swung them across to the Republicans in big numbers.
As the US looks further inwards, the rest of the world must learn to work together and forge new routes to prosperity and climate goals.
The outcome of the election could have important implications for the world’s richest man.
Nearly a quarter of Americans surveyed did not regard political attacks on journalists or news organisations as a threat to press freedom.
Given the polarized political climate in the US, it’s hard not to be affected by the election. But there are ways to make sure stress and uncertainty don’t send you on a downward spiral.
Project 2025, a document prepared by Trump supporters for his second term, mentions Ronald Reagan 71 times.
Trump has a wafer-thin lead in polling averages in Pennsylvania, which will be all-important in deciding the next US president.
Whoever is the new president wants the Senate on their side. Predictions suggest a shift from Democrat to Republican control.
Top contributors
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Professor and Director of the School of Journalism, University of Montana
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, UMass Boston
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Professor of Gerontology, UMass Boston
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Lecturer, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Literature and Director of Irish and Irish American Studies, College of Charleston
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of International Relations at UCL | Associate Fellow on the Middle East at Chatham House, UCL
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Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
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Associate Professor of Psychology & Licensed Clinical Psychologist, University of Kentucky
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Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy, University of Divinity