2016 Election

The director of communications on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign talks #MeToo, Stormy Daniels, and post-election America.

• By Chelsea Adelaine Hassler

Two new studies suggest Trump broadened the Republican Party's appeal by tapping into deep-seated anxieties and prejudices.

• By Tom Jacobs

Political parties at every level of government choose their nominees through primaries. That's the most important decision a party can make—and an organization's most important decisions should be made by members of that organization.

• By Seth Masket

Sixty-one percent of Americans expressed confidence in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ability to conduct a fair investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

Donald Trump has succeeded in making blue-state America miserable again.

• By Tom Jacobs

Many Democratic operatives see the former vice president as a potential 2020 presidential nominee. But he would come with plenty of baggage.

• By Seth Masket

New research finds the president's earliest and strongest followers embody a particularly belligerent strain of authoritarian thinking.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research argues feelings of disillusionment prompt people to take more extreme positions.

• By Tom Jacobs

Politicos had long held a candidate's electability to be as important as their ideology. Then Donald Trump came along.

• By Seth Masket

Sure, Trump's recent comments on his own brilliance might sound vexing. But candidates (and pundits) are always getting caught up in post-election narratives.

• By Seth Masket

There was never any credible evidence of fraud. The White House cited a lack of state cooperation in its decision.

• By Max Ufberg

A jury acquitted all six defendants being prosecuted for more than $100,000 in damages that occurred across Washington, D.C., during inauguration protests.

• By Kate Wheeling

Campaign employees reportedly used a personal cell phone to facilitate multiple appearances for Stein on RT News.

• By Morgan Baskin

We hear about election hacking all the time, but amid all the noise it's easy to confuse the three distinct ways that a vote can be manipulated.

• By Emefa Addo Agawu

Records show the attorney general led a 2016 meeting with Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.

• By Emily Moon

An online consumer-protection expert breaks down the new advertising-disclosure bill working its way through Congress.

• By Jack Denton

Hillary Clinton's new book about the 2016 election is harsh on misogyny but ignores the role of race and her own policies.

• By Elizabeth King

On average, senators who don't support Bernie Sanders' single-payer plan received more money from insurance companies.

• By Francie Diep

Addressing the primary criticisms of Clinton's historic run for the presidency.

• By Seth Masket

It sounds counterintuitive—and would be a hard sell—but making the way the two major political parties nominate candidates less traditionally democratic could also make it more open to compromise and negotiation.

• By Seth Masket

These days, if you’re feeling like turning your anger into action, you’re hardly alone. Here’s what history has to teach you.

• By Michael Fitzgerald

The racial resentment that fueled his candidacy is rooted in tales that portray certain groups as threatening. We need new stories, one political scientist says.

• By Tom Jacobs

What to make of Donald Trump’s first week in the White House? Disorganized mess or devious genius?

• By Seth Masket

How gerrymandering affected Tuesday’s election — and the solutions to help us move forward.

• By Steffanee Wang