November 2024
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Why the Democrats just don’t get Donald Trump
Kamala Harris supporters may not like the former president’s popularity, but deliberately misunderstanding it isn’t a winning play.
August 2024
- Opinion
- US election
After the convention, Harris has to turn the vibe into votes
The more the vice president has to campaign on policy rather than personality, the harder it is to keep the Democrats’ fractious voter base together.
July 2024
- Opinion
- US election
It’s late in the day to sell Kamala Harris to America
US elections are decided by who shows up to vote. There is only the narrowest of windows to enthuse the public about a new candidate before November.
March 2024
- Opinion
- US election
The tricky maths in a Trump-Biden rematch
Campaigns need to treat every voter as winnable. But Trump’s problem is one of adding votes. Only Biden has the unenviable task of choosing who he can afford to lose.
January 2024
- Opinion
- US election
US voters have got what they want: a Trump-Biden rematch
Voters tell pollsters they don’t want Trump or Biden. Yet they have been underwhelmed by the plentiful alternatives to both of them.