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Even though Biden has endorsed Harris, the process is more complicated than that, and it all leads to the party’s convention in August.
Now that President Biden has pulled out of the race, let’s look at the numbers we have for a Harris vs Trump contest.
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
Many people are questioning whether Joe Biden is up for the job of running for president again based on a series of recent verbal stumbles.
In his 2022 school yearbook photos, Thomas Crooks bears little resemblance to the assassins of our collective imagination
Politicians and other influential actors are amplifying conspiratorial content – potentially contributing to increased distrust in the US political system.
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, speculation surrounds its effect on the 2024 US election. Yet few are considering the psychological impact on Trump himself.
Division, hatred and – increasingly – violence have become becoming hallmarks of politics over the past few years.
The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is not without historical precedent, and will have impacts on security during the election campaign.
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump adds to the long history of presidents and presidential candidates in the United States who have been the victims of gun violence.
Joe Biden’s refusal to grapple with his looming mortality brings the world dangerously close to another Republican presidency rife with Donald Trump’s many denials and resentments.
Politicians often are firmly committed to what they say they will do – until they announce otherwise.
US vice president Kamala Harris is in the political spotlight as calls on Biden to drop out of the presidential race intensify.
Facing an uproar over use of a private fund to cover expenses, vice presidential candidate Sen. Richard Nixon invoked the family dog, Checkers, to salvage his political career in 1952.
From one perspective, Nevada’s political history is balanced. From another, it’s s pendulum swinging back and forth as people split their votes across party lines.
Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give them the legal right to stay in the US.
The more ambivalent a person is about a political issue, the more likely they are to support violence and other extreme actions relating to that issue.
Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans have different sources for their views.
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