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Adam Riding for The Atlantic A Troubling Sign for 2024
The midterms were a welcome reprieve for democracy. But the story of Bill Gates, an Arizona election official, suggests that we might not be so lucky in next year’s presidential election.
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Illustration by Doug Chayka* The GOP Is Just Obnoxious
It’s why the party keeps losing elections.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What the Georgia Runoff Revealed
Democrats hold a key advantage in the five states that will decide the next presidential election.
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Win McNamee / Getty Herschel Walker Is the New Normal
Too many of us have simply gotten used to the corrosion of our public life.
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Megan Varner / Getty Herschel Walker Is an American Tragedy
Black bodies, white agendas
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Getty; The Atlantic The Bottom-Up Election-Denial Strategy
It’s wrong, it seems illegal, and it’s probably not going to work. For now.
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The Atlantic Rebelling Against Trump Is Not the Same as Rebelling Against Trumpism
Even if Trump himself departs the scene, conservative demand for his approach to politics will remain.
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Olivier Touron / AFP / Getty Democracy’s Dunkirk
The fight to preserve American democracy continues.
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Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty The New Majority
Republicans are coming to Washington not to legislate or to govern, but to fight.
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The Atlantic Did Republicans Gerrymander Their Way to Victory?
The question we should be asking is not “Did my party lose seats?” but “Was the redistricting fair?”
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Getty; The Atlantic Benghazi Times Infinity
Republicans are once again preparing to launch an oversight offensive. Democrats can’t afford to be unprepared.
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Jordan Gale / The New York Times / … Wait, Why Wasn’t There a Climate Backlash?
Joe Biden's energy balancing act really worked.
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Getty; The Atlantic ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Conceding
Election deniers lost in the midterms, but they’re not done yet.
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Melina Mara / Getty What Joe Biden Knows About America
He intuited that voters would rise above their economic self-interest to prevent election deniers from seizing power.
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Samuel Corum / Getty Joe Biden Was Right
The president said that this election was about democracy, and the voters agreed.
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AP; The Atlantic What the Midterm Results Really Mean to Voters
Readers across the political spectrum share surprising assessments of last week’s midterms.
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Getty; The Atlantic PredictIt Already Won
America's favorite political-betting site is shutting down just as online gambling goes mainstream.
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Rachel La Corte / AP; The Atlantic The House Race That Shows Why Republicans Collapsed in the Midterms
A self-inflicted wound in Washington is emblematic of how poor GOP choices led to unexpected Democratic victories.
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Carlos Bernate / Redux The Lesson Republicans Refuse to Learn
Voters to GOP: We don’t like your MAGA candidates and their agenda.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty People Born After 1997—Are They Just Better?
The way everyone talks about Gen Z is weird.
