Campaigns & Elections

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

Who will be the next chancellor of Germany?

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

The New Statesman

Monday, August 2, 2021

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

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

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.

Have Democrats become a party of the left?

William A. Galston and Elaine Kamarck

Friday, July 23, 2021

(L to R): Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Charles Michel, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, France's President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a family photograph of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England on June 11, 2021. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — July 2021

Thursday, July 22, 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

Did Trump damage American democracy?

Friday, July 9, 2021

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

Tuesday, June 22, 2021