Why America Chose Trump: Inflation, Immigration, and the Democratic Brand Blueprint The Election Gender Gap Was Expected to Be Huge but Was Unremarkable Rosie Ettenheim and James Benedict, Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
The voter shift that should alarm Democrats most Youyou Zhou and Heather Long, Washington Post [unlocked]
Abortion rights support didn't always translate into Harris support —CBS News exit poll analysis Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why Matt Brown, Fernanda Figueroa, Hannah Fingerhut & Linley Sanders, Associated Press What did the Asian American vote this year tell us? James Zarsadiaz (U. of San Francisco), Los Angeles Times Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats. Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News Inside the online offensive that turned out a new generation of men for Trump Cat Zakrzewski, Drew Harwell and Naomi Nix, Washington Post [unlocked] There Were Two Huge Problems Harris Could Not Escape David French, New York Times [unlocked] Why America Still Doesn’t Have a Female President Olga Khazan, The Atlantic [unlocked] Just How Authoritarian Are Americans? Will Saletan, The Bulwark How Dems Can Start Staging a Comeback Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box 2024’s other big loser? The mainstream media. Is there any path forward? Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer [unlocked] 2024 Showed The Value Of Polling Max McCall, Lakshya Jain and Harrison Lavelle, Split Ticket The 2024 election polls got close to the mark. That's the best we can expect. David Byler (Noble Predictive Insights), MSNBC
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