Why Trump won

No, it wasn’t a nightmare, the United States really have re-elected Donald Trump to the Presidency. What on Earth were they thinking?

Why Harris lost

Why did working class white women and swathes of the Democratic base abandon Kamala Harris and vote for Donald Trump – or not vote at all?

It’s the final countdown

America teeters on a knife-edge as it finally goes to the polls and whatever the result – and however long it takes to come through – the divisions and conspiracy theories that have destabilised US politics in recent years will not be easily or quickly resolved.

The meaning of Trump

Win or lose on 5 November, the popularity of Donald Trump tells us all too much about where the United States is heading as ‘the dysfunctional superpower’.

Triple threat

It seems incredible that a failed pro-Putin President with a string of criminal convictions and an attempt to overthrow American democracy itself under his belt may still be re-elected to power, so what might explain Trump’s apparently impervious appeal to his cult followers?

Battleground USA

The upcoming American Presidential election will be fought and won in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina.

Choose hope

Kamala Harris’ optimistic and inspiring acceptance speech at the Democratic congress stands in sharp contrast to the mean spirited rambling of her Republican adversary.

The weird wild west

Years of moral indignation has failed to lay a glove on Trump, given his shameless disdain for traditional ethics, but characterising him as ‘weird’ is helping the Democrats get under his skin.

Queen bee of the K-Hive

Kamala Harris’ campaign is harnessing social media to paint Trump as old and ‘weird’ while increasing her appeal to young audiences online.

California dreamin’

Ronald Reagan sold America a sunny Californian vision of a fresh start after years of malaise, and Kamala Harris can do the same for a reinvigorated Democratic party.

The truths we hold

Published back in 2018, Kamala Harris’s autobiography has leapt up the bestseller lists since she was effectively nominated as Biden’s successor, so what does it tell us about what kind of President she’ll be?

A new hope?

Donald Trump is now seeing his lead wither before him as the fresh and young face of Kamala Harris steps forward for the Democrats.