Elections
Our coverage of major elections around the world this year, in countries including America, India and Britain
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Kamala Harris must define herself before Donald Trump does it for her
High on her list should be wooing older, less-educated white women, says Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster
United States
Why the 2024 Chicago convention is not the 1968 convention
And the war in Gaza is not Kamala Harris’s Vietnam
Leaders
Our forecast puts Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck
We relaunch our presidential-election model for a transformed race
United States
Our new forecast for America’s presidential election
Why the polls don’t tell the whole story
United States
Can Kamala Harris win Michigan without Arab-American voters?
The Democratic nominee will have tricky territory to navigate at next week’s party convention
United States
Donald Trump plays with fire in Atlanta
Going after Georgia’s popular Republican governor will do him no good in the state
United States
How the Trump campaign has become more professional
In Pennsylvania at least, it has upped its ground game
United States
Tim Walz’s life story is appealing, but his record is complex
Kamala Harris’s running-mate is hard to categorise
Leaders
Will America’s economy swing the election?
It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris
Leaders
Is Tim Walz the right vice-presidential running-mate for Kamala Harris?
Progressives like him, but the presidential candidate will need to find ways to win over moderates
United States
The wisdom in calling Donald Trump weird
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are trying to make Democrats normal again
United States
Kamala Harris introduces “Coach” Tim Walz, her trusty running-mate
As Republicans seek to brand their rivals as dangerously liberal, Democrats are matching Donald Trump’s public displays of enthusiasm
The Americas
How the mad, bad Maduro regime clings to power
Behind-the-scenes negotiations seek to ease him out of office
United States
Why Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running-mate
Compared with a bolder but more divisive alternative, the Minnesota governor was the easier choice
United States
Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in our nationwide poll tracker
It is the first lead for a Democratic contender since October 2023
The Economist explains
Do vice-presidential picks matter?
If they have any effect on an election’s result, it is at the margins