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How to Lose Texas

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The Atlantic Daily

Corruption Catches Up to MAGA

David A. Graham

October 28, 2026

Ballot boxes that say "Vote" with U.S. flag

The Limits of Trump’s Midterm Trickery

October 27, 2026

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Losing the ‘Big-Ass Truck’ Vote

October 26, 2026

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The Party That Must Not Be Named

October 23, 2026

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0 for 26: The Trump Administration’s Astonishing Losing Record

October 15, 2026

An illustration of Donald Trump standing in the middle of a roll of "I voted" stickers.

How the Polls Could Be Wrong Again

October 8, 2026

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Only Trump Gets to Criticize the Supreme Court

September 30, 2026

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An Electoral Mess in Missouri

Madeleine Carlisle

September 16, 2026

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The Supreme Court Recognizes the Danger of Trump’s Election Plan

September 14, 2026

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Rules Designed to Create Chaos

September 11, 2026

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The Supreme Court Isn’t Interested in Facts

August 27, 2026

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The Anti-Democrat

July 29, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event.

A Battle for the Future of the Democratic Party

July 27, 2026

Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Holds Rally In Detroit With Sen. Bernie Sanders And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Election Deniers Are in Charge Now

July 16, 2026

Georgia's voting stickers laid out

Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases

Toluse Olorunnipa

July 4, 2026

President Trump onstage

The Atlantic Daily

A Supreme Court Decision That Might Improve Politics

David A. Graham

July 1, 2026

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The Election System Wasn’t Built for This

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

June 22, 2026

A gif of the "I Voted" sticker with a chaotic spiral.

Democrats Are Starting to Worry About California

Russell Berman and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

June 10, 2026

An illustration of an hourglass with "I Voted" stickers slowly trickling from the top to bottom

The Only Way to Be Absolutely Sure You Are Drawing a Fair Congressional Map

Alexandra Petri

June 9, 2026

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Cut Platner Loose

June 6, 2026

The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate

June 5, 2026

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Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem

Shannon A. Mullen

June 4, 2026

Photograph of the back of Graham Platner's head in front of a crowd of supporters in a school gym.

Hit Them Where It Hurts

May 21, 2026

Two college basketball players face off

Democracy Is a Racial Entitlement Now

May 19, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

Granting Tina Peters Clemency Is a Big Mistake

David A. Graham

May 18, 2026

Tina Peters in a podium

The Atlantic Daily

The Coming War on Local Black Political Power

David A. Graham

May 14, 2026

America Has Always Had a Gerrymandering Problem. This Is New.

May 14, 2026

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The GOP’s Stunningly Swift Gerrymandering Drive

Russell Berman and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

May 8, 2026

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Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived

May 5, 2026

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The House of Representatives Is Turning Into the Electoral College

May 5, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

How the Supreme Court Came to Accept a Practice It Called Unjust

David A. Graham

May 4, 2026

Vote Here sign at a voting center

For a Time, the U.S. Protected Democracy

Vann R. Newkirk II

May 2, 2026

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Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now

April 29, 2026

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The Fight-Club Rule on Gerrymandering

April 29, 2026

An sketch of the shape of Florida with red and blue bars scattered around to allude to the ongoing redistricting fight.

The Virginia Gerrymander Disenfranchises Republicans

April 22, 2026

A photograph of an office with a red, white, and blue “VOTE HERE” sign with signs about election security, voting instructions, and a proposed constitutional amendment behind it