The US elections of 2024
Our coverage of the race for the White House
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the polls?
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A dispatch from Donald Trump’s courtroom
A tale of two struggles
Will the dramatic burst of bipartisanship in Congress last?
For all its procedural power, America’s hard right has had stunningly little influence on policy
Will Joe Biden benefit from falling murder rates across America?
Violence seems to be returning to pre-pandemic levels
How American politics has infected investing
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Truth Social is a mind-bending win for Donald Trump
And disturbing evidence of how he destabilises reality for Americans
The White House unveils a pair of bad policies to woo voters
Tariffs for steelworkers and loan forgiveness for students are both regressive
Republicans
Georgia’s black Republicans have a battle plan for 2024
Joe Biden will have to work harder to win the state’s black voters this year
Donald Trump tries his hand with meme-stocks
Investors in his SPAC may get burned, but they don’t seem to mind
Super Trump and his mighty MAGA machine
After his Super Tuesday wins, Donald Trump moves swiftly to dominate the national Republican Party
Donald Trump wasn’t MAGA’s only winner on Super Tuesday
The Republicans’ populist wing also flexed its muscle in down-ballot races
Full steam ahead for Donald Trump after Supreme Court ruling
The justices rule 9-0 that states cannot disqualify presidential candidates under the 14th Amendment
Why Nikki Haley, crushed in her home state, vows to fight on
The last woman standing against Donald Trump sometimes seems like the party’s last Reaganite
Democrats
New Jersey’s electoral process just got upended
Andy Kim is fighting against some high-level political arcana
How one California beach town became Gavin Newsom’s nemesis
Huntington Beach’s hard-right turn is typical of modern California Republicanism
Could the Democrats replace Joe Biden as their presidential candidate?
Worries about his chances of re-election are growing
An abortion ruling has Democrats hoping Florida is in play
But for now it will end access to the procedure for millions of women in the South
Joe Biden’s weakness among Latinos threatens his re-election
In Arizona, a growing Hispanic electorate should help Democrats. Yet Donald Trump is gaining ground
Joe Biden comes out fighting against Donald Trump
His campaign-style state-of-the-union speech may calm Democrats’ nerves, for now
Lexington
Are American progressives making themselves sad?
Conservatives seem more excited about change
Donald Trump’s tremendous love
His politics may seem hostile, yet he talks like a Valentine’s Day card
This is not a story about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl
Well, maybe a little
How to overcome the biggest obstacle to electric vehicles
A Republican politico wants to save electrification from politics
Why America’s political parties are so bad at winning elections
And why a new party would probably be no better
It’s not the Trump Party quite yet
Chris Sununu and Nikki Haley claim, against the odds, that their brand of conservatism is the Republican future
By the data
Can you build an American voter?
We break down the polls to explain how Americans might vote in the next general election.
Trump’s lead over Biden may be smaller than it looks
Consider only the highest-quality national polls, and the Republican’s advantage melts away
US elections 2024
Republican primaries poll tracker: can anyone beat Donald Trump?
See the latest odds and our guide to the contest
What’s at stake
Beware a world without American power
Donald Trump’s threat to dump allies would risk a nuclear free-for-all
America and its allies are entering a period of nuclear uncertainty
And it means the balancing act is getting harder
Joe Biden’s assault on the $900 child-eczema cream
What the Inflation Reduction Act means for the cost of health care
The Supreme Court hears its first abortion case since ending Roe
This time, anti-abortion activists face an uphill battle
Five charts compare Democrats and Republicans on job creation
Our analysis of the past eight American presidents
America’s extraordinary economy keeps defying the pessimists
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have ideas that endanger it