To restore the party’s fortunes, organizers should look to down-ticket races to build pressure against Trump—and create a new generation of leaders.

How news coverage fuels the widespread, misguided perception that crime is up and cities are unsafe

The party should borrow a highly effective move from the outgoing Mitch McConnell—by steadfastly refusing to lend its support to the Trump agenda.

This argument is particularly unconvincing this time around. And it doesn’t offer a realistic prescription for future success.

Every few years, we’re told that Democrats are about to break through in the red state. Here’s why they continue to lose.

Wherever the party has failed, a lack of working-class support has emerged as the key factor. It can’t happen again.

In Arizona and Nevada, enthusiasm from Generation Z—or the lack thereof—could determine who wins the White House.

The party is endeavoring to make up for lost ground, but they need to do more to make these voters feel like they aren’t disdained.

Campaigns spend billions on ads that change outcomes by a few points, if at all. Here’s where the money goes—and how it drives our political parties.

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again.

This is no ordinary campaign, but it is exactly the campaign we needed at this extraordinary historic juncture.

JD Vance and Tim Walz claimed as much in their debate this week. But the reality is a lot more complicated.

Polling shows that the policy manifesto disavowed by the former president is increasingly penetrating the public consciousness. Kamala Harris’s Washington allies want it to stay that way.

Three views on the 2024 Democratic National Convention

The Democrats’ long history of infighting led me to believe that Biden shouldn’t drop out of the race. Instead, the party is united like it hasn’t been for ages.

Just a month ago, Democrats were facing all but certain electoral doom. But with Harris at the top of the ticket, the DNC has been a raucous, energetic affair.

Young voters traditionally support Democrats, but men under 30 could throw the election to Trump.

The uncertain process of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race showed how little power parties wield.

The sudden ascendance of Kamala Harris doesn’t change the fact that the party suffers from deep, possibly fatal problems.

The vice president is having a brat summer. But can she maintain this groundswell of support from young voters?