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Democrats’ huge mistake, revolt of the working class and other commentary

Donald Trump “won because the electorate rejected the Biden-Harris administration,” argues New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait.

Baldwin survives reelection fight in Wisconsin

Sen. Tammy Baldwin beat back a stiff challenge from Republican businessman Eric Hovde, letting Democrats breathe a sigh of relief in an otherwise disappointing election.

What Harris told Trump after calling to congratulate him on election victory

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election victory, according to a senior campaign aide.

Trump wins Michigan

Michigan turned red for President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday, solidifying his grab of the blue wall states that Vice President Kamala Harris desperately needed to win.

Two Democrats fall in neighboring Pennsylvania districts

A pair of Democratic incumbents lost tight races to Republicans in neighboring districts in Pennsylvania, giving the GOP more breathing room in its battle to keep the House majority.

Voters reject ranked choice voting and all-party primaries across country

Several states rejected ballot measures this election that would have established ranked choice voting and all-party primary systems in their states.

Call in the healers: Trump opponents struggle to cope with his second win

Some liberal activists seethed at President-elect Donald Trump's victory. Some pleaded for a white knight -- the news media or maybe judges -- to lead a new resistance over the next four years. Still others called in the healers.

Trump’s legal jeopardy is about to evaporate in criminal cases

President-elect Donald Trump's big victory is not only a historic return to the White House, it likely spells the end of four long-running criminal prosecutions of him by the Biden Justice Department and Democratic state prosecutors.

In her concession, Harris struck a near-perfect tone

Making a political concession speech is a difficult, emotionally fraught task. In Vice President Kamala Harris‘s concession remarks Wednesday afternoon, she ably upheld the civic imperatives of the moment. Let’s not parse every word to identify phrases from Harris that critics believe are disingenuous. Sometimes the cause of statesmanship requires a sort of civically lofty […]

The red wave delayed

At long last, the vaunted “red wave” that eluded the Republican Party two years ago washed over the United States and carried President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House and likely with it a Republican-controlled Congress. Two years ago, Republicans stood at their election night watch parties in disbelief as the sizable House and […]

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