Thomas Edsall

Why is it that a substantial body of social science research finds that conservatives are happier than liberals?

The oldest president is in big trouble with the youngest voters, especially men.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.

Trump is the embodiment of the politics of intimidation.

The right-wing networks Trump can count on are ready for action.

North Carolina Republicans are “in the running for the most MAGA party in the nation.”

There is no question that a substantial number of minority voters are shifting to the right, but is it a party realignment?

The Supreme Court may well decide another presidential election.

Births and deaths are only part of what makes America turn left or right.

Democratic strategists are asking whether the president’s attempt to recapture these voters is a fool’s errand.

Even out of power, the former president’s deepening isolationism is having a profound effect on America’s foreign policy.

Biden isn’t the only one who wants to know.

The prize in the struggle over the border is the 2024 presidency and all the power that goes with it.

Can the former president forge an enduring coalition out of his cult of personality?

Who do so many evangelicals see the former president as God’s “anointed” one?

Trump has ushered in the age of the “great misalignment.”

This time around, the former president knows what he wants to do.

“Would Trump see himself as a friend of the authoritarians? Absolutely.”

This is what’s keeping the Biden campaign up at night.

Whatever its intentions, there is a reason the organization is supported by major Republican donors like Harlan Crow.