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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    New poll finds Fox News viewers think the coronavirus threat is exaggeratedNew poll finds Fox News viewers think the coronavirus threat is exaggerated
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    Republicans who watch Fox are less likely to stay at home during the crisis than non-Fox-watching Republicans.

    By Zack Beauchamp and Christina Animashaun
    Politics
    The myth of authoritarian coronavirus supremacyThe myth of authoritarian coronavirus supremacy
    Politics

    China wants you believe its political system stopped coronavirus. That’s a lie.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    How polarization shaped Americans’ responses to coronavirus, in one chartHow polarization shaped Americans’ responses to coronavirus, in one chart
    Politics

    New data suggests Trump’s early virus denialism changed the way his supporters thought about their personal response to the pandemic.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential campaign is officially overTulsi Gabbard’s presidential campaign is officially over
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    The controversial Democrat has dropped out of the presidential race.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Coronavirus, closed borders, and the authoritarian impulseCoronavirus, closed borders, and the authoritarian impulse
    Politics

    National Review’s editor misreads the meaning of the coronavirus crisis in a particularly dangerous way.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    The deep ideological roots of Trump’s botched coronavirus responseThe deep ideological roots of Trump’s botched coronavirus response
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    How the GOP’s decades-long war on expertise sabotaged America’s fight against the pandemic.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    4 winners and 2 losers from the March Democratic debate
    Politics

    Biden won. Trump lost. And coronavirus cast a shadow on the first one-on-one Democratic debate.

    By Zack Beauchamp, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    Politics
    The stunning contrast between Biden and Trump on coronavirusThe stunning contrast between Biden and Trump on coronavirus
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    Biden’s speech was essentially adequate, clearing a very basic bar that Trump seemingly cannot.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday’s Democratic primaries
    Politics

    Joe Biden won big in Michigan and elsewhere. Bernie Sanders’s black outreach campaign had a rough night.

    By Dylan Scott, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    Politics
    Joe Biden wins MissouriJoe Biden wins Missouri
    Politics

    Biden has won Missouri, a state in which he was the heavy favorite.

    By Zack Beauchamp