Special coverage of the 2024 General Election from the HPR staff
Seven Stories, Seven States
“Seven Stories, Seven States” focuses on which state and local trends are driving voters in the key swing states. It is my hope that the writers of the Harvard Political Review — many of whom are natives of the states on which they write — can share insights into the inner workings of these locales. With this series, I hope that we can help our readers appreciate the often-undervalued local aspect of our politics as we approach Election Day.
Joshua Layne, Senior U.S. Editor
“All politics is local,” the phrase popularized by the late Speaker Tip O’Neill, may be a...
The North Carolina polls and their twists and turns have mirrored the ups and downs of...
Introduction Since arriving at Harvard College, I have repeatedly heard the following question from...
As both parties scramble to win Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, all eyes will be on the 1.4 million...
In a state where every vote will count, Georgia’s choice could well be America’s future...
To win over Wisconsin, and the United States in the 2024 presidential election, candidates must win...
Michigan’s political landscape is undergoing a transformation, reshaping long-standing norms and...
Pennsylvania and its residents are far more than a mere prize to be won in this election. What its...
Nevada stands out among the seven key swing states in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Unlike...
The clock is ticking, and all eyes are on Pennsylvania. With the most electoral votes of...
As Election Day approaches, Trump has prioritized “bro shows” over conventional campaigning in hopes that historically-overlooked young male voters will cast Republican ballots...
Following the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling in 2010, super PACs have flooded our elections with unlimited amounts of money. These independent fundraising organizations have changed campaign fundraising without ever being in direct connection with campaigns. The 2016 election cycle cost about $6.5 billion, and the 2020 election came in at a whopping...
Democrats’ nomination of Kamla Harris has favorably shifted three key voting blocs toward the VP: Black Americans, older women, and the youth. In an election this tight, even small demographic shifts will make a difference...
What role will young voters play in the 2024 election?...
The 2024 Presidential contest will be remembered for its cascade of catastrophes...
Three members of the HPR’s 56th Masthead took Harvard’s election analytics course. Here are their predictions for the 2024 Presidential Election...
From the West Coast to the far Northeast, here are five key House races that could be turning heads in November...
We predict that the Democrats will regain control of the House with 222 seats to the GOP’s 213...
Which issues will define this November’s election outcome?...
To see who our elections benefit, all you have to do is follow the money...
Forty-one million young voters have the power to alter the future of our country this November, and making these young voices heard is vital to ensuring the stability of American democracy...
The FPTP system’s suppression of viable third-party alternatives to the two major party candidates is undemocratic...
This uncharacteristically competitive Democratic primary and the emergence of former news anchor Janelle Stelson as the winning candidate encapsulate the spirit of political uncertainty that has been growing in Pennsylvania’s Tenth Congressional district...
If another “America first” Trump presidency is inaugurated in 2025, the security of every single NATO country may be threatened...
The choice is clear: to defend our democratic institutions and the rule of law or to allow their erosion at the hands of unchecked power...
If Biden hopes to win the upcoming 2024 presidential election, he must undertake executive action that maintains a bipartisan, moderate approach to immigration, a stance that is unlikely to appeal to progressives in his party...
By examining the well-loved characteristics of past male presidents, exploring public biases, and recalling the success of women in leadership, we can gain insight into how to overcome gender biases and hopefully turn many little girls’ presidential dreams into reality...
The political appetite for replacing the Electoral College is rising, and the NPVIC represents a viable solution gaining traction...
The Harvard Public Opinion Project’s Spring 2024 Youth Poll provides a key glimpse into what role third party candidates will play in the outcome of November’s presidential election...
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a crisis in masculinity has taken center stage as an organizing issue for the Republican Party and broader right-wing movement. A new and powerful rhetoric imbued with a sense of loss, fear, and anger has transformed gender politics...
The Harvard Public Opinion Project’s Spring 2024 Youth Poll provides a key glimpse into what role immigration and the border will actually play in terms of shaping the outcome of November’s presidential election...
This year, HPOP conducted its first round of polling and sampling between late February and early March, receiving responses from a random sample of 2,010 young Americans on a wide range of issues. Now, with the 2024 presidential election more than underway, their results come at a vital time for public discourse...
According to the 47th Harvard Youth Poll, about as many young Americans plan on voting in the 2024 presidential election as in 2020. However, from disapproval of America’s foreign policies to declining institutional trust, young voters are more pessimistic than ever...
Given the current geopolitical and national significance of the Israel-Hamas war, understanding the perspectives of young Americans — a group that notably leans pro-Palestine — is crucial, especially given the outsized influence this demographic has exerted in shaping public narratives about the war on college campuses as well as across social media...
As a quarter of young Americans say that same-sex relationships are “morally wrong,” major divides fall along lines of party and religion...
Three years out from Biden’s inaugural promises of unity, it seems that partisan fractures are far from healed — and that his own party is less than convinced by his performance...
The year 2024 is a watershed moment in the history of democracy and voting. An unprecedented number of nations, encompassing over half of the global population, are poised to participate in nationwide elections — the highest number in history. Yet, in a striking contrast, the United States, which celebrated its highest voter turnout of the...
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