What Democrats Think Went Wrong
A year ago, Astead took “The Run-Up” listeners home for Thanksgiving. Specifically, he convened a focus group of family and friends to talk...
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The election is over. But the story has just begun. Michael Barbaro, who has covered the last two presidential races for the Times, hosts our twice-weekly conversation about the biggest stor...
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The Man in Charge of Trump’s Border Policy
President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees and major appointments — which have arrived quickly in the days since he won the election — are mor...
One Voter to Understand Trump’s Win
For more than two years, we’ve been asking pretty much everyone we meet a version of the same question: Who are you going to vote for and wh...
A Final Dispatch From America’s Bellwether
For months now, “The Run-Up” has been traveling around the country talking with people, trying to ensure that when today came, whatever happ...
Tailgating in Wisconsin With the Bros Trump Needs
One phenomenon that’s been getting a lot of attention during this election is the growing gender gap among young people. Young men are leani...
In Other News, Who Will Control Congress?
For most of this year, we’ve been focused on the race for president, the messages coming from both parties’ nominees and their reception amo...
All Eyes on Pennsylvania
There’s no state more likely to tip the election than Pennsylvania. It has the most electoral votes of any swing state, with 19, and its fli...
It Really Does Feel Close in North Carolina
Here’s what makes North Carolina, with its 16 Electoral College votes, unique among the electoral battlegrounds this year. Come election nig...
The Trump Plan to Flip Georgia Back
On Tuesday night, with three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump was in Georgia. In 2020, he lost the state by around 12,000 votes,...
A Pollster’s Guide to the Homestretch
We are less than a month from Election Day. That means our polling colleagues are busy. And that they are well positioned to help answer som...
The Fight for Rural America
Tim Walz, a former high school football coach from a tiny town, has folksy sayings and a camo cap. JD Vance shot to fame with “Hillbilly Ele...
Mark Cuban on Why He's All In for Kamala Harris
At one point, he supported the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star and businessman. But now Mark Cuban — perh...
The Border Is a Top Campaign Issue. It’s Also Their Home.
This year, Democrats and Republicans are both fighting to convince voters that their party alone can fix what both parties say is a big prob...
The Democrats’ Plan to Get Skeptics on Their Side
There’s a message that Kamala Harris and the Democrats are trying to send in these final weeks: The Democrats are patriots too. It was all o...
What Undecided Voters Are Thinking
For the people still on the fence about 2024, Tuesday night’s debate was an important data point. How would Vice President Kamala Harris dif...
The Stakes of a Harris vs. Trump Debate
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday night for the second presidential de...
What Evangelicals Think of Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop
Former president Trump frequently takes credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in recent weeks, he has posted on Truth Social, his...
The Grocery Bills That Could Decide the Election
This election, like a lot of elections before it, may come down to which candidate voters think might help them with their grocery bills and...
The Defining Moments of the D.N.C. Finale
On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and formally accepted her party’s nomi...
It’s Kamala Harris’s Party Now. What’s Different?
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention tonight, formalizing her rapid ascent to the top of the Democratic...