The rise of JD Vance – from hillbilly to Capitol Hill
His memoir Hillbilly Elegy was a bestseller; now he’s a Trumpist with political ambitions. Is James David Vance the future…
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US Midterm Elections 2022
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US Midterm Elections 2022
How the New Statesman’s midterms forecast triumphed
The NS was the only forecaster to project that the Democrats would retain control of the Senate.
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Is Donald Trump’s domination of the Republicans really under threat?
Pundits are hailing Florida governor Ron DeSantis as the party’s new darling. But we’ve been here before.
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Has the plot to subvert American democracy been averted?
Trump-endorsed, election-denying candidates have flopped. Bigly.
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Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and the looming Republican civil war
A nickname sets the stage for a fight.
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Will America’s Gen Z save the world?
Younger voters have helped prevent the spread of illiberalism in the US’s midterm elections.
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Abortion is an economic issue – and the Democrats know it
A pledge to protect reproductive rights is a pledge to help working-class families and push poverty rates down.
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The Democrats need to look to a post-Biden future
If the party is to hold the White House, it needs to abandon its innate conservatism over economic justice and…
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