Election of 2024 — Bunk History

Children in the Kennedy family labeled with their named.

Hijacking the Kennedys

Only one cousin is in a position of power — and his family can only watch helplessly as he destroys much that they stood for.

by Reeves Wiedeman via Intelligencer on August 25, 2025

Nancy Pelosi and other Democrat members of Congress wearing kente cloth and kneeing in the capitol building.

Blinded by Righteous Outrage

From the 1994 Crime Act to Trump 2.0.

by Touré F. Reed via Nonsite on June 14, 2025

A window displaying two Puerto Rican flags and two Trump/Vance campaign posters.

Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump

Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.

by Geraldo Cadava via The New Yorker on November 18, 2024

Donald Trump standing behind a podium at a campaign event with his family at his side.

It’s the Charisma, Stupid

It’s not whom you’d want to get a beer with, but whom you’d want to watch getting a beer.

by Mark Oppenheimer via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on November 6, 2024

John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

A Trump-Biden Tie Would Be a Political Nightmare — But Maybe a Boon to Democracy

The political upheaval of 1824 changed America. The same could happen in 2024.

by Joshua Zeitz via Politico on May 16, 2024

"Rip Van Winkle Awaking from His Long Sleep," painting by Henry Inman (1823).

Bewilderment as a Way of Understanding America’s Present – and Past

Circumstances in which people are feeling extreme disorientation are potent breeding grounds for people who are willing to exploit it in moments of crisis.

by Robert G. Parkinson via Commonplace on February 18, 2025

Grover Cleveland.

The President Trump Is Pushing Aside

Grover Cleveland enthusiasts aren’t thrilled that Donald Trump won a nonconsecutive presidential term.

by Russell Berman via The Atlantic on January 1, 2025

Meme of white Gen X voters in their ironic cynicism.

We Care a Lot: White Gen Xers and Political Nihilism

Since the 2024 election, liberals, progressives, and the left has been wringing our collective hands over why Trump won yet again.

by Mindy Clegg via 3 Quarks Daily on December 20, 2024

How America Invented the Red State

According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.

by Tarence Ray via The Nation on December 17, 2024

A large crowd of women marching in New York City for the Women's Strike for Equality in 1970.

When the Personal Was Political

Second-wave feminists meant business—but they had a lot of fun at it, too.

by Jill Filipovic via Democracy Journal on December 17, 2024

A sign in support of Donald Trump in front of an Ohio junkyard in 2024.

The 2024 Election Marked the Inversion of the Electoral Map

Instead of trying to recapture working class votes, Democrats should be focused on building the kind of economy they need to expand the political map.

by Stephanie Ternullo via Made By History on December 16, 2024

Newspapers showcasing the victory of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

Close Elections Signal a New Gilded Age

Donald Trump’s 2024 win, echoing the Gilded Age, highlights America’s volatile, close elections, partisan divides, and structural barriers shaping politics.

by Bruce J. Schulman via Made By History on December 13, 2024

"It's the Economy, Stupid" is Never Just About the Economy

Can the Clinton campaign slogan chart a path forward for Democrats? Its history tells another story.

by Jacob Rosenberg via Mother Jones on December 12, 2024

Drawing of people sitting close around a table with somber expressions, by Max Beckmann

Political Investments

On campaign finance, economic policy, and the 2024 US election.

by Tim Barker, Andrew Yamakawa Elrod, Thomas Ferguson via Phenomenal World on December 12, 2024

Kamala Harris

The Democrats’ “Opportunity” Pitch Is a Dead End

The meritocratic pitch was emblematic of Democrats’ long march away from working-class voters.

by Lily Geismer via Jacobin on December 11, 2024

Parade of cars with Donald Trump flags and American flags.

The “Fascist” With a Popular Majority

Donald Trump’s victory will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?

by Tristan Hughes via Jacobin on November 19, 2024

A crowd at a Trump rally, holding signs and flags endorsing him, as well as a Confederate flag.

Trump Is Not an Aberration

America’s path has been contested since its founding, and realizing the promise of liberty required generations of struggle.

by Jeffrey C. Isaac via New Lines on November 12, 2024

How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past

Donald’s Trump’s resounding 2024 victory echoes electoral shifts of the past.

via Retro Report on November 8, 2024

Polling volunteer handing a voter an "I Voted" sticker.

Did We Just See an Electoral Realignment?

Shifting voting patterns suggest it’s possible, but only if they persist through subsequent elections.

by Harold Meyerson via The American Prospect on November 7, 2024

The Echoes of 1800 in the 2024 Election

This year’s momentous vote strangely resembles one of the most consequential elections in American history.

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky via The Bulwark on November 4, 2024

A drawing of a skeletal hand erupting from the ground and separating a house with a Harris/Walz sign and a house with a Trump/Vance sign. Face masks float in the wind.

There’s a Very Specific Issue Haunting This Election. No One Is Talking About It.

You can bury it. But you can’t escape it.

by Grady Hendrix via Slate on October 31, 2024

Followers salute Trump at his rally in Madison Square Garden.

Trump in the Garden

Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.

by Patrick Iber via Dissent on October 29, 2024

A drawing of Kamala Harris in a police uniform.

Lipstick on the Pigs

Kamala Harris and the lineage of the female cop.

by Sophie Lewis via The Drift on October 28, 2024

Campaign signs.

The Long History of the 'October Surprise'

Last minute disclosures or revelations can play an outsized role in the last weeks before an election.

by Robert B. Mitchell via Made By History on October 24, 2024

Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Kamala Harris. Swift is holding a cat and facing the camera, dressed in black.

Taylor Swift and the History of the Celebrity Endorsement

Do pop culture interventions in presidential elections make a difference?

by Addie Mahmassani via New Lines on October 23, 2024

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Would Be Weaker the Second Time Around

Donald Trump wants the ideology of William McKinley and Gilded Age Republicanism, but with a totally different social base. It won’t work.

by Paul Heidman via Jacobin on October 23, 2024

Haitan commuinty members bowing their heads in prayer.

The Coming Witch Trials

It’s time to care for the community—not cleanse it.

by Adam Jortner via Current (religion and democracy) on October 22, 2024

Harris carved in stone next to Mount Rushmore.

Kamala Harris Must Grapple with America’s Founding Fathers

To achieve a new political settlement, she has to resolve a tension dating from the Revolution.

by Justin H. Vassallo via New Statesman on October 12, 2024

Harris on a tv screen.

TV Still Runs Politics

Just about every major development in the current presidential campaign started as a television event.

by Paul Farhi via The Atlantic on August 22, 2024

A collage of the cover and various pages of the Walker Report.

How the 1968 DNC Devolved into ‘Unrestrained and Indiscriminate Police Violence’

As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.

by Lakeidra Chavis via The Marshall Project on August 14, 2024

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