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The Democratic Party is largely focused on the same issues and voters since the New Deal, Stu Rothenberg writes.

Opinion

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

Party coalition, core values, have largely remained intact

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 19, 2024 at 12:39pm

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.

Opinion

Toss-up, but with an edge to Kamala Harris

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 12, 2024 at 12:49pm
Sens. Thomas Eagleton, D-Mo., left, and George McGovern, D-S.D., the Democratic nominees for vice president and president, respectively, at the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Eagleton dropped off the ticket less than three weeks later after revealing he had been treated for depression.

Podcasts

Yes things feel crazy, but elections are frequently chaotic, from LBJ to RBG and more

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 26, 2024 at 11:06am

Politics

Equal Time: A history of the gay right

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 22, 2024 at 11:00am
President Joe Biden boards Marine One en route to Philadelphia on the South Lawn of the White House on May 29.

Biden withdrawal could prompt legal fights over ballots

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 21, 2024 at 6:23pm
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the GOP nominee for vice president, is changing the party’s rhetoric on Wall Street and financial services.

Vance says Republicans are done ‘catering to Wall Street,’ puts financial policy in context of social issues

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 18, 2024 at 2:29pm
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are riding high at their national nominating convention, confident of their prospects for winning in November.

‘Happy Days’ for Republicans in Milwaukee

By Jason Dick, John T. Bennett and Briana Reilly
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:25am
Former President Donald Trump is pictured with his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.

Vance quietly tried to shape public health agenda in Congress

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 17, 2024 at 6:13pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Republicans unlikely to waver from public safety issue

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 16, 2024 at 10:49pm
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were stressed by different topics during their June 27 debate, according to a Roll Call Factba.se analysis.

What Biden and Trump were stressed about during their debate

By Alex Angle
Posted July 5, 2024 at 2:04pm