Opponents of the presidential bids of both Kamala Harris and Barack Obama falsely asserted they weren’t legally qualified to be president.
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A falsehood once used on Barack Obama – that he wasn’t eligible to be president – is being recycled to challenge the right of Kamala Harris to serve as president.
Arizona, long considered a swing state, is again a toss-up in the 2024 election.
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While Arizona voters have selected a Republican in nearly every presidential election from 1952 through 2016, a changing population and hot-button issues have given Democrats recent wins there, too.
Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally on July 22, 2024, in Middletown, Ohio.
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JD Vance had the opportunity to share stories of loss and resilience during his nomination acceptance speech. Instead, he chose to focus on melancholia and self-victimization.
Kamala Harris greets staff at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on July 22, 2024.
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With the huge task of a late presidential run against Donald Trump, Kamala Harris faces challenges distinct from those faced by Vice President Hubert Humphrey after LBJ decided not to seek reelection.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris greet supporters on Aug. 20, 2020, at the end of the Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Del.
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From geographic balancing to making up for what the presidential candidate lacks, the considerations for picking a vice presidential candidate have changed and evolved since the 19th century.
Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for president at an event at a Wisconsin high school on July 23, 2024.
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Misogyny has made it difficult for all women to gain entry into politics, let alone Black women, who face the additional obstacle of abject racism. Will Kamala Harris finally break those barriers?
Some have claimed the news media forced President Joe Biden to abandon his race for reelection.
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Had Biden not retreated, and had he been defeated by Trump, he would have been excoriated for being self-centred, hubristic and arrogant. His decision to step aside allows for a different ending.
If the Democrats move forward with Kamala Harris, it could be the circuit breaker the party needed. It will also likely lead to misogynistic and racist vitriol.
U.S. President Joe Biden walks up the steps of Air Force One in Las Vegas on July 17, 2024.
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Joe Biden has become one of the few sitting American presidents not to seek a second term after failing to convince Democrats he has the stamina for another term in the Oval Office. What happens now?
President Joe Biden at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.
Joe Biden, here speaking with Pennsylvania voters, won the state in 2020 – but Donald Trump won it in 2016. Who will win it in 2024?
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At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
GOP 2024 Convention attendees use clear plastic tote bags, usually with convention-related names or terms.
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Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually found by Smithsonian political ephemera curators at the event.
Former President Donald Trump’s rallies evoke nostalgia and patriotism.
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Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, stacks of boxes are seen in a storage room at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
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In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance of Ohio is nominated during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
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The choice of Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate will help Donald Trump. One reason has to do with an ideological shift in the American electorate; the other relates to Trump’s personality.
Donald Trump gestures as he is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents while leaving the stage at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa., after an assassination attempt.
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