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Vice President Kamala Harris listens as former President Donald Trump speaks at the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

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Despite a debate win, Kamala Harris must walk an all-too-familiar tightrope

Black women around the country know that walk all too well

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted September 11, 2024 at 11:56am

California has been a reliable stronghold for Democrats, but the margins outside the state are what counts, at least in recent presidential elections, Winston writes. Above, the California delegation casts its votes during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20.

Opinion

The popular vote: California versus the rest of the country

By David Winston
Posted September 11, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, celebrates with family members on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 22.

Opinion

Harris bets on younger voters. But will they turn out?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted September 3, 2024 at 8:52am
A shopper scans coupons in a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024.

Opinion

The economic case Trump needs to make 

By David Winston
Posted August 21, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris waves from her seat flanked by Second gentleman of the United States Doug Emhoff and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.

Looking to the future, with a nod to history at the DNC

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted August 20, 2024 at 2:08pm
The Democratic Party is largely focused on the same issues and voters since the New Deal, Stu Rothenberg writes.

Still your father’s (and grandfather’s) Democratic Party

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 19, 2024 at 12:39pm
Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at Montana State University on Aug. 9.

The path to victory for Trump is policy, not personality

By David Winston
Posted August 14, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris listens as former President Donald Trump speaks at the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Despite a debate win, Kamala Harris must walk an all-too-familiar tightrope

Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, address a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

Toss-up, but with an edge to Kamala Harris

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 12, 2024 at 12:49pm
Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campaign rally in Atlanta on Tuesday. By quickly rallying around Harris, her party has resisted the “Dems in disarray” label, Curtis writes.

Now who’s in disarray?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted August 1, 2024 at 6:00am
One of the most difficult things for any politician to do is to convince voters their top issue is not really the most important — and that’s the challenge for Kamala Harris, Winston writes.

Kamala Harris is trying to avoid the No. 1 issue: inflation

By David Winston
Posted July 31, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of iconic civil rights leaders to celebrate Black History Month at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Feb. 13.

Have the 2024 fundamentals changed?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 29, 2024 at 2:29pm
Roll Call columnist Walter Shapiro dons headphones before recording a podcast with editor Jason Dick on Nov. 15, 2017.

Appreciation: Walter Shapiro, a pro’s pro who learned politics and journalism the hard way

By Jason Dick
Posted July 21, 2024 at 1:51pm
Former President Donald Trump is seen raising his fist on the jumbotron in the Fiserv Forum at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday. With an agenda highlighting supposed mayhem in Democratic cities, Republican calls for unity were already ringing hollow, Curtis writes.

Respect for difference is more important than an appeal for nonexistent unity

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 17, 2024 at 1:28pm
Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a July 13 rally in Pennsylvania.

The political system is blinking red

By David Winston
Posted July 17, 2024 at 6:01am