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The lesson of this election is that Democrats must attack inequality – and not cede working-class voters to Trump

The country is evenly divided when it comes to party preference. Trump did not win a landslide like FDR in 1936, Johnson in 1964, Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1980, or Obama in 2008. He won by a small margin in the Electoral College and popular vote.

Donald Trump has won the majority of white women voters for the third straight time. Exit polls reveal a stunning race gap in how people voted in the 2024 presidential election.

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Three months after Hitler promised to uphold the German Constitution, the concentration camp Dachau was open. Its first prisoners were not Jews, but rather Hitler’s prominent political opponents. By April, Jews had been purged from the civil service,

The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence.

Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.

While Donald Trump and J.D. Vance try to tear an Ohio town apart, Ohioans themselves have a more heartening response. While the nasty headlines swirl around them, Springfielders and Ohioans are making a point of saying no to Trump and Vance’s message

Many young men seem to admire Trump’s king-of-the-jungle vibe: he roars, he bellows, he boasts that no one can ever beat him (unless they cheat). He isn’t an icon of positive masculinity. He did very little for young men during his term as president

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