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The Bravofication of American government

Recently, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles did something uncharacteristic: she became the news of the day. Over the course of President Donald...

18.12.2025 6

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3 theories that explain Trump’s collapsing support

The second Trump administration started off with a bang: riding the high of 2024’s historic levels of new multiracial and working class support,...

12.12.2025 3

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Why we actually should worry about Gen Z

Gen Z is accused of a lot of things.  We’re soft, too woke, and emotional snowflakes. We can’t order drinks at the bar, we’re not partying, and...

26.11.2025 6

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What Americans don’t get about the first US pope

For the first time in history, the pope is an American — from Chicago, no less. And like many Americans, Pope Leo XIV seems to love a good yap....

24.11.2025 9

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What Marjorie Taylor Greene’s feud with Trump is really about

Sorry, Elon Musk — it’s looking like the rupture between President Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) might actually be the...

19.11.2025 20

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The unanswered question that could define the future of US politics

There’s an open question hanging over both parties when it comes to Latino voters right now: How should they talk about the second Trump...

17.11.2025 4

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The Democrats got the shutdown they wanted, and no one is happy

The longest government shutdown in modern American history is about to end, after a handful of Democratic senators this weekend decided to provide...

11.11.2025 6

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The redistricting battle that could decide the 2026 elections, explained

In addition to lifting Democrats’ spirits, last week’s elections, in which the party beat expectations and regained much of the support among...

10.11.2025 4

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Republicans may have a Latino problem (again)

Less than one year into President Donald Trump’s second term, we finally have solid evidence that the coalition that carried him to victory one year...

06.11.2025 4

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Will the attacks on Zohran Mamdani awaken a “sleeping giant”?

As the New York City mayoral election enters the final stretch, with the Muslim American Democratic Party nominee Zohran Mamdani maintaining a sizable...

03.11.2025 3

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Are Latino voters really Republicans now?

ELIZABETH, New Jersey — When Donald Trump won the presidency last November, he did so with unprecedented levels of new support from Latino voters...

31.10.2025 7

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How to translate No Kings energy to actual political power

Final estimates are still pending, but early reports suggest that Saturday’s “No Kings,” anti-Trump protests were the biggest single-day protest...

23.10.2025 10

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The mega-viral ICE videos that explain America right now

The videos seem to be everywhere. From a Chicago suburb, cellphone footage of federal agents firing pepper balls at a pastor and tear-gassing a mayor...

16.10.2025 4

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Are Trump’s voters turning against him?

Tariffs. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. National Guard deployments. The Epstein files. Strikes on Iran. Gaza and Ukraine....

08.10.2025 10

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Democrats are doing more to resist Trump than their voters think

The government shutdown that began Wednesday might have been one of the most anticlimactic developments yet: President Donald Trump and congressional...

03.10.2025 20

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The next big debate Democrats can’t dodge

When a shooter opened fire on an immigration facility in Dallas last week, killing at least one migrant detainee in the process, it fit into a recent...

30.09.2025 5

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Jimmy Kimmel’s return showed the potential — and limits — of celebrity resistance

Our great national censorship nightmare is over — but only for about three-quarters of the ABC stations in America. Jimmy Kimmel was back on the air...

24.09.2025 20

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How Charlie Kirk remade Gen Z

In the hours and days after Charlie Kirk’s killing, the breadth of people — particularly younger ones — sharing grief and shock on newsfeeds,...

13.09.2025 8

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Why everyone hates the Democrats right now, explained in 3 charts

If there’s one thing a large majority of Americans have consistently agreed on this year, it’s that the Democratic Party sucks. Unfavorable views...

09.09.2025 30

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How Trump lost the podcast bros

Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, the “manosphere” — an ecosystem of right-leaning podcasts and YouTube shows that helped elect him...

03.09.2025 10

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The risky bet behind redistricting

Underlying the redistricting arms race that Texas Republicans kicked off this summer (and to which California Democrats are responding) are two wagers...

26.08.2025 3

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Republicans are making a very simple, unforced mistake with Latino voters

For all the talk of a new, lasting multiracial coalition that helped elect Donald Trump, there are clues that this support may be wavering,...

19.08.2025 20

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The Joe Rogan Experience is a mirror for America

Joe Rogan is many things — a comedian, a commentator, and a contrarian; a reality TV star and martial artist-turned-host of the most listened to...

13.08.2025 9

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The Trump-Texas redistricting mess, briefly explained

A political showdown is unfolding in Texas, where state Republican lawmakers are trying to game the system to give their national party an advantage...

06.08.2025 5

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The Gen Z divide that could decide the next election

The future of American politics might be decided by whether young voters get most of their news through TikTok.  I don’t mean to single out the...

06.08.2025 10

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The Gen Z divide that could decide the next election

The future of American politics might be decided by whether young voters get most of their news through TikTok.  I don’t mean to single out the...

06.08.2025 6

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Was Gen Z’s Trump era just a phase?

As Donald Trump’s presidency shoulders on, a curious thing is happening with the youngest cohort of American voters: Gen Z’s support for the...

01.08.2025 7

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How Republicans are trying to redistrict their way to a majority

We’re more than a year out from the 2026 midterm elections, but the Republican Party is already starting to position itself for what will likely be...

29.07.2025 20

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Some Democrats may finally be ready to play dirty over redistricting

A new kind of political battle is emerging between America’s parties — one centers on the composition of Congress and congressional redistricting....

23.07.2025 3

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Trump is making Americans like immigrants again

For the past two years, Donald Trump and the Republican Party could reasonably claim to have broad support for their anti-immigrant agenda. The public...

18.07.2025 3

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5 questions about the Democrats’ Tea Party moment

Last weekend, my colleague Christian Paz wrote about how the Democratic Party could be on the brink of a grassroots takeover, similar to what the...

06.07.2025 10

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Trump’s legislative win could make him a political loser

President Donald Trump is about to achieve his biggest legislative victory yet: His “big, beautiful bill” — the massive tax– and...

03.07.2025 8

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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 4

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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 4

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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 3

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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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