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Photo-illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: … The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
For a while the Florida governor seemed like the clear Trump alternative. Little has materially changed since then, except for everything.
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Sophie Park / The New York Times / … Ron DeSantis’s Joyless Ride
The ultimate performative politician doesn’t seem to enjoy the in-person performance of politics.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: G Fiume / … Chris Christie Doesn’t Want to Hear the Name Trump
My very strange and angry breakfast with the former governor
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Illustration by Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; Getty Donald Trump Is on the Wrong Side of the Religious Right
Evangelical leaders are abandoning the former president, and his Republican rivals are scrambling to win their support.
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty Nobody Likes Mike Pence
In focus groups, Republican voters are brutal in their assessment of the former vice president.
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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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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic. Source: Eric Baradat … The Case for a Primary Challenge to Joe Biden
There must be some freethinking Democrat who’s willing to get in the race.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Neither Party Can Escape Trump
One fears his nomination; the other might need it.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What Nikki Haley Can Learn From Carly Fiorina
Lessons in how a woman can campaign against Trump
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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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Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post / Getty Republicans’ 2024 Magical Thinking
Lots of Republicans want Donald Trump to disappear from politics. Their main strategy is hope.
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Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl / Anadolu Agency / … Trump and Facebook’s Mutual Decay
At least the platform finally added a user.
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Getty The Trump Abandonment Has Begun
The former president’s newest critics ought to show some contrition.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Republican Party Is in a Strange Place
“Republicans don’t have a Trump problem. They have a voter problem.”
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Jordan Gale / The New York Times / … Iowans Knew This Day Would Come
The long farewell to the Iowa Caucus
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Kyrsten Sinema’s Decision Is All About 2024
She seems to be grasping for a lifeline, or at least a bit of leverage.
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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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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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Giorgio Viera / AFP / Getty Just Wait Until You Get to Know Ron DeSantis
People who haven’t met him think he’s a hot commodity. People who have met him aren’t so sure.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Never Trump Means Never
Opposing Trumpism is about more than rejecting one man.
