While a Harris presidency wouldn’t differ hugely from Biden’s, the two Democrats do have notable differences on the Gaza war and free trade.
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A falsehood once used on Barack Obama – that he wasn’t eligible to be president – is being recycled to challenge the right of Kamala Harris to serve as president.
While Arizona voters have selected a Republican in nearly every presidential election from 1952 through 2016, a changing population and hot-button issues have given Democrats recent wins there, too.
Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.
JD Vance had the opportunity to share stories of loss and resilience during his nomination acceptance speech. Instead, he chose to focus on melancholia and self-victimization.
With the huge task of a late presidential run against Donald Trump, Kamala Harris faces challenges distinct from those faced by Vice President Hubert Humphrey after LBJ decided not to seek reelection.
From geographic balancing to making up for what the presidential candidate lacks, the considerations for picking a vice presidential candidate have changed and evolved since the 19th century.
Misogyny has made it difficult for all women to gain entry into politics, let alone Black women, who face the additional obstacle of abject racism. Will Kamala Harris finally break those barriers?
Are journalists to blame for Biden dropping out? This assumes that the power of the press is significant and straightforward. It’s neither.
You think 2024 has been packed with a ceaseless and exhausting stream of consequential events? So did Americans in 1940, 1968 and 1973.
Had Biden not retreated, and had he been defeated by Trump, he would have been excoriated for being self-centred, hubristic and arrogant. His decision to step aside allows for a different ending.
Harris bring admired debate skills as a career prosecutor but also a patchy performance as vice president to the race against Trump.
If the Democrats move forward with Kamala Harris, it could be the circuit breaker the party needed. It will also likely lead to misogynistic and racist vitriol.
Joe Biden has become one of the few sitting American presidents not to seek a second term after failing to convince Democrats he has the stamina for another term in the Oval Office. What happens now?
With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually found by Smithsonian political ephemera curators at the event.
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
The choice of Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate will help Donald Trump. One reason has to do with an ideological shift in the American electorate; the other relates to Trump’s personality.
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