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The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover

The signs have been bubbling up for months: The Democratic base is fed up with the status quo of their party. Democratic voters believe their party...

28.06.2025 50

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The paradox driving Trump’s bad polling numbers

President Donald Trump is now the most unpopular he has been during his second term. More than half of American adults disapprove of the job he is...

24.06.2025 10

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There are two Gen Zs

We can confidently say that Gen Z got a lot more Republican over the last couple of years, thanks to a swarm of new, first-time young voters —...

27.05.2025 3

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Why Democrats shouldn’t get too excited about Trump’s lousy polls

Democrats have a lot to be excited about when they look at President Donald Trump’s polls. Scores of voters have soured on his job performance since...

20.05.2025 3

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Gen Z men are becoming more religious. The women, not so much.

Among the persistent mysteries of the 2024 election is the roots of the modern political gender gap, particularly among young people. Though their...

16.05.2025 20

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The rise of the regretful Trump voter

PHILADELPHIA — In September 2024, Sharita White made a desperate choice. After supporting Democrats in previous presidential election cycles, the...

13.05.2025 30

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Is anything Trump’s doing still popular?

When Donald Trump took office, he could reasonably claim to be popular — and to have an agenda that was popular, too. He had just won the popular...

02.05.2025 3

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Gen Z is finding religion. Why?

For most of the last 30 years, the story of religion in America has been a pretty steady one: a constant, and consistent, drop in religious...

25.04.2025 20

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The Democrats’ Michelle Obama problem

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every...

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Will the next pope be liberal or conservative? Neither.

If there’s one succinct way to describe Pope Francis’s stewardship of the Catholic Church over the last 12 years, it might best be  done with...

22.04.2025 4

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The daunting task facing Democrats trying to win back the working class

It’s perhaps the most urgent reason Democrats lost in November: The party has solidly lost the support of working-class voters across the country...

18.04.2025 1

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Are tariffs breaking up Trump’s working-class coalition?

Nearly two weeks since his “Liberation Day” tariff announcements, President Donald Trump has roundly lost the majority of the American public’s...

17.04.2025 3

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How Joe Rogan’s America processed Trump’s tariffs

In between jokes about identity politics and the taste of urine, massively popular podcaster Theo Von and his most recent show guest debated President...

14.04.2025 9

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Trump’s tariffs risk destroying his winning coalition

As markets tank and the prospect of higher prices becomes more real, the future of President Donald Trump’s winning coalition might be on a...

07.04.2025 10

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How Wisconsin explains America

Democratic voters just won a 10-point landslide in a state that President Donald Trump won last year. How? The answer is a defining trend of modern...

03.04.2025 3

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Trump’s harshest agenda item is also his most popular

Donald Trump’s popularity is slipping. His honeymoon is over, views of the economy and his stewardship of it are souring, and while inflation and...

02.04.2025 3

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Why has Cory Booker been talking for 19 straight hours (and counting)?

If you check in on any of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s social media pages today, you’ll probably notice that he’s been talking for a while....

01.04.2025 4

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Is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz summed up the state of his party well recently, “The Democratic Party is unified — they’re unified in being pissed off...

31.03.2025 10

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Should Democrats let the government shut down?

Once again, the country is on the brink of a government shutdown.  Unless the Republican-controlled Senate passes a spending bill, the government...

14.03.2025 30

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Why Trump keeps talking about an obscure Venezuelan prison gang

President Donald Trump made a very specific reference on Tuesday night to one criminal organization: the “Tren de Aragua,” a Venezuela-based gang...

07.03.2025 4

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The Democrats’ response to Trump is splintered — but getting better

After failing to consolidate around a single message of resistance to President Donald Trump over the past six weeks, it seems like the Democratic...

05.03.2025 4

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Trump’s honeymoon is over

Six weeks ago, President Donald Trump could credibly say that he and his agenda were popular. His boasts of popular support were backed by data: Half...

04.03.2025 20

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The Democrats’ young man problem is real

On a random Tuesday in February, a conservative provocateur and talk radio host made a bold proclamation about the state of the Democratic Party....

03.03.2025 10

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How Andrew Tate’s release is splintering the American right

There’s an intra-MAGA fight playing out right now over Andrew Tate, a far-right influencer and self-described misogynist who arrived in Florida on...

28.02.2025 30

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What happened to the Gays for Trump?

Voters in Germany maintained a few global trends this past weekend: They kicked out incumbents, their youth moved to the right, and they delivered...

27.02.2025 6

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What’s keeping Trump popular?

Donald Trump has spent his first month as president governing with chaos, shock, and awe. He threatened, walked back, and imposed some tariffs; let...

18.02.2025 7

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The key question for Democrats hoping to take down Trump

The Democrats trying to resist Elon Musk’s rampage across the federal government face a choice: How should they best alert the American people to...

14.02.2025 10

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What a wild conspiracy theory about Politico tells us about how Trump governs

A brief spat between Elon Musk and the news organization Politico is making something quite obvious: The nation’s governance is increasingly at the...

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The Trump revolution will be podcasted

Kylie Kelce was at the top of the charts. The former field hockey coach and NFL royalty had dethroned Joe Rogan in his own domain — and his fans...

06.02.2025 10

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The anti-Trump opposition might finally be waking up

If there is ever going to be a Resistance movement 2.0, it might have gotten a much-needed jolt of energy this week. Gathered on the eastern steps of...

06.02.2025 4

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How Democratic Gen Z activists lost the Gen Z vote

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

04.02.2025 50

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Why some immigrants want fewer immigrants

The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency have put Democrats in a frustrating bind. He’s thrown so much at them (and at the nation),...

04.02.2025 7

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Is Donald Trump’s agenda actually popular?

Standing in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, President Donald Trump captured the vibes buoying Republicans — and the American right writ-large — as...

21.01.2025 6

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The uncomfortable question about “Latino” voters

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

23.12.2024 9

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The uncomfortable question about “Latino” voters

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How Democrats can win back the Latinos they lost to Trump

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Why is Trump winning? 3 things we know so far.

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Should it really be this hard to beat Donald Trump?

05.11.2024 3

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5 mysteries that might determine the 2024 election

01.11.2024 2

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Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally showed how racism is the beating heart of election denial

29.10.2024 10

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Polls say voters back “mass deportation.” That’s misleading.

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How “Trump is a fascist” became Kamala’s closing argument

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Kamala Harris and the problem with ceding the argument

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The strategy that might decide Pennsylvania — and the election

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What young voters see in Kamala Harris

04.10.2024 4

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Kamala Harris’s new (old) problem at the border

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3 theories for how Donald Trump made the GOP less white

25.09.2024 3

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Can we trust the polls this year?

10.09.2024 2

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How long can Democrats’ truce on immigration last?

28.08.2024 1

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Kamala Harris’s speech triggered a vintage Trump meltdown

23.08.2024 2

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