America reaches the campaign’s final weekend with the same divide over Trump that has roiled politics for a decade

WASHINGTON —  A campaign that has featured a felony conviction, a televised assassination attempt and a late withdrawal of a sitting president has reached its final weekend with the same chasm that has dominated American politics for the last decade: between voters who fear former President Trump will destroy the countryContinue Reading

Will Trump Regret Skipping The GOP Debates?

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. maya (Maya Sweedler, senior editor): The first Republican debate last Wednesday featured eight candidates — none of whom was the front-runner. Former President Donald Trump elected to skip the debate, writing on his social media website that “TheContinue Reading

Kamala Harris’s Passion for Food Goes Beyond Politics

About a week before Vice President Kamala Harris visited Dottie’s Market in Savannah, Georgia, co-owner Ericka Phillips suspected something might be in the works. “Savannah’s a small town,” she said. “Secret Service people stick out.” What Phillips did not expect was to go viral. In a campaign-produced TikTok video thatContinue Reading