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Empty chairs fill a waiting area for people after they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at a mobile pop-up vaccination clinic hosted by the Detroit Health Department with the Detroit Public Schools Community District at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

FixGov

COVID-19 is crushing red states. Why isn’t Trump turning his rallies into mass vaccination sites?

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Borough President of Brooklyn Eric Adams, the 2021 Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of the City of New York, speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC following his meeting with United States President Joe Biden and US Attorney General Merrick Garland and others to discuss the Biden Administrations comprehensive strategy to reduce gun crimes on Monday, July 12, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USA(RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City)No Use Germany.

FixGov

Have Democrats become a party of the left?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, July 23, 2021

US President Donald Trump celebrates after his speech during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSWJAM

FixGov

Did Trump damage American democracy?

Elaine Kamarck

Friday, July 9, 2021

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Events

Mexico’s midterm elections: The future of the López Obrador presidency and US-Mexico relations

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Elections and crises in Somalia and Ethiopia

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A conversation on the past, present, and future of Black political power in the South

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Blue Metros, Red States

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Trump’s Democrats

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Experts

Darrell M. West

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation

Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies

@DarrWest

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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William A. Galston

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Multimedia

German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Armin Laschet, Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) attend a television debate with presenters Tina Hassel and Wolfgang Ischinger in Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang/Pool

Germany

Who will be the next chancellor of Germany?

Constanze Stelzenmüller, Jeremy Cliffe, Ben Walker, and Khuê Phạm

The New Statesman

Monday, August 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s impeachment, and the politics ahead

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 22, 2021

India

Biden, Bihar, and US-India bonhomie

Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, and Milan Vaishnav

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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More on Campaigns & Elections

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the administration's continued drawdown efforts in Afghanistan in a speech from the East Room at the White House in Washington U.S., July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

President Biden’s generation: Silent no more

Morley Winograd and Michael Hais

Thursday, July 8, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their final 2020 U.S. presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

New 2020 voter data: How Biden won, how Trump kept the race close, and what it tells us about the future

William A. Galston

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Supporters of Ammar al-Hakim, Leader of Hikma movement gather during Iraqi Martyrs' day rally in Baghdad, Iraq February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Iraq’s upcoming elections: Voters and likely winners

Marsin Alshamary

Thursday, June 24, 2021

A sign points towards voting booths during the midterm election at Philomont Fire Station, in Purcellville, Virginia, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1C4591A6A0

Make Election Day a national holiday

William G. Gale and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Participants carry a large U.S. flag during a march for immigration reform in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, October 5, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS)

Can Biden pass immigration reform? History says it will be tough

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face mask looks on during a Latino voter registration event in Lilburn, Georgia, U.S. December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers

Immigration and the Latino vote: A golden opportunity for Democrats in 2022

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Thursday, June 17, 2021

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Reports

Mexico’s midterm elections: The future of the López Obrador presidency and US-Mexico relations

Elections and crises in Somalia and Ethiopia

A conversation on the past, present, and future of Black political power in the South

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation

Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow - Governance Studies