Democracy on the ballot

Why Donald Trump won

Campaign 2024

Three key patterns in the results explain how we got here

James Johnson

His convention remarks were edged with a solemness and humility that have not been prominent parts of the Trump rhetorical armory

Roger Kimball

‘I am the one saving democracy’

Amber Duke

How his response and the bureaucracy’s failure paved his path to November

Charles Lipson

Campaign 2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks’s act is in keeping with the country’s tempestuous and often brutal political past

Freddy Gray

Campaign 2024
July 14, 2024
Trump’s toughness will deliver him a landslide victory
The FBI has identified the suspected shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a twenty-year-old man
Jacob Heilbrunn
Campaign 2024
July 13, 2024
Biden’s response to the Trump assassination attempt rings hollow
It was another twenty minutes — two hours after his political opponent was first shot — before Biden directly addressed the nation
Amber Duke
Campaign 2024
July 13, 2024
On the ground at the Trump assassination attempt
‘The people around me were confused, then there was screaming up front’
Teresa Mull