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Covid Tracking Project / Getty / The Atlantic The Sun Belt Spikes Could Be a Disaster for Trump
Democrats were already gaining ground in the region before the pandemic hit.
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Robert W. Kelley / The LIFE Picture Collection ... The Rage Unifying Boomers and Gen Z
Enormous differences separate today’s protest movements from those of the 1960s. But they may ultimately prove united by the magnitude of the change they impose.
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Goldhafen / Getty / The Atlantic Why Republicans Still Can’t Quit Trump
The 2024 GOP presidential nominee is highly likely to be an acolyte of the president’s.
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Nina Berman / NOOR / Redux The Real Threats to America’s Cities
Both persistent inequality and President Trump’s hostility put extraordinary pressure on them.
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Joe Buglewicz / Bloomberg / Getty / Shutterstock ... The Advantage of a Biden Shadow Cabinet
If the former vice president names his future appointees now, it will cast him as the convener of a generational transition in national leadership.
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The Atlantic The Pandemic Hasn’t Changed Voters’ Minds About Trump
Education remains the most important dividing line in America.
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Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Trump Brings in the Infantry for His War on Blue America
Even during the pandemic, he is using the tools of national authority to advance Republican priorities while weakening Democrats’ capacity to impede them.
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Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Essential, and No Longer Disposable
The pandemic is scrambling how Republicans and Democrats think about paying low-wage employees.
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Robert Alexander / Getty New-Voter Registration Is Plummeting
And Democrats aren’t the only ones who could lose out.
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Arsh Raziuddin / Vishakha Darbha / The Atlantic The Voters Trump Needs Most Right Now
The pandemic’s ultimate political consequences could hinge on one group of Americans.
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The Atlantic An Unprecedented Divide Between Red and Blue America
The pandemic could exacerbate a major Trump-reelection vulnerability: his weakness with urban and suburban voters.
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Alicia Tatone The Most Important 2020 States Already Have Vote by Mail
But the battle over expanding access is only getting started.
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Brittany Greeson / The New York Times / ... The Two States Where Trump’s COVID-19 Response Could Backfire in 2020
Voters in Michigan and Florida may be more likely than others to blame or credit him for how the outbreak unfolds.
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Aaron P / Bauer-Griffin / Getty Big Cities Won’t Snap Back to Normal
And as long as they’re closed for business, the economy will remain stalled too.
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Win McNamee / Getty The COVID-19 Crisis Reveals an Old Divide Between the Parties
The debate over reopening the country has an uncanny parallel to one of the ugliest political fights of the past decade.
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Yuskiki / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Red and Blue America Aren’t Experiencing the Same Pandemic
The disconnect is already shaping, even distorting, the nation’s response.
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Jeff Roberson / AP It’s Over for Bernie
Bernie Sanders is staying in the race. But that doesn’t mean he has a path to victory.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Bernie Sanders Gets a Rude Awakening
Super Tuesday’s clearest message: While the senator has inspired a passionate depth of support, the breadth of his coalition remains too limited to win the nomination.
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Matt Rourke / AP Buttigieg and Klobuchar Are Out. What Now?
The college-educated white voters both candidates attracted are up for grabs. Whether Biden or Sanders wins them over could prove crucial to the race.
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Matt Rourke / AP The Sixty Trillion Dollar Man
The price of Bernie Sanders’s agenda could be his biggest general-election weakness. But his rivals haven’t yet forced him to explain how he’d cover the full cost.
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