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Presidential Election Archive

Archives for October 2016

Culture
Watch: SNL’s ruthless 2nd debate pits Trump against “President” Hillary ClintonWatch: SNL’s ruthless 2nd debate pits Trump against “President” Hillary Clinton
Culture

Donald Trump has had a disastrous week. SNL and Alec Baldwin won’t let him forget it.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Politics
Trump supporters are already promising to intimidate nonwhite voters on Election DayTrump supporters are already promising to intimidate nonwhite voters on Election Day
Politics

“I’m going to make them a little bit nervous.”

By Dara Lind
Actual German headline: “Ist Donald Trump ein Sexmonster?”
World Politics

How the last week of election news looks through foreign eyes.

By Zack Beauchamp
Donald Trump shows the opposite of “political correctness” isn’t free speech. It’s just different repression.
Politics

Trump thinks free speech is under threat — but his accusers never had it to begin with.

By Dara Lind
Politics
Taking Trump voters’ concerns seriously means listening to what they’re actually sayingTaking Trump voters’ concerns seriously means listening to what they’re actually saying
Politics

It’s about race, culture, and identity — not economics.

By Dylan Matthews
The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 2 on the 2016 election, being her own WikiLeaks, and Golden Girls
Culture

She thinks you should focus more on the election and Black Lives Matter, less on snake emojis.

By Caroline Framke
Donald Trump’s epic meltdown, explained
Politics

He’s toast. He knows it. And he’s looking for excuses.

By Matthew Yglesias
Vox Sentences: The Trump campaign enlists the world’s sketchiest character witness
2016 Presidential Election

More Trump accusers come forward, and the campaign responds in its own inimitable way.

By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
Politics
Donald Trump wonders why President Obama hasn’t been accused of sexual assaultDonald Trump wonders why President Obama hasn’t been accused of sexual assault
Politics

This doesn’t seem particularly complicated.

By Jeff Stein
Politics
Donald Trump in 1994: I tell my friends to “be rougher” with their wivesDonald Trump in 1994: I tell my friends to “be rougher” with their wives
Politics

He also said he sometimes goes “through the roof” when he comes home and dinner’s not ready.

By Emily Crockett
It’s time to acknowledge reality: Donald Trump talks like an anti-Semite
World Politics

Trump’s talk of secret cabals plotting to destroy America reeks of anti-Semitism.

By Yochi Dreazen
Donald Trump on sexual assault accuser: “believe me, she would not be my first choice”
Politics

It’s not the first time Trump has leveled this kind of appalling attack at an accuser.

By German Lopez
Actual white supremacist: Trump’s success “proves that our views resonate with millions”
Politics

A new report finds that white nationalists really love Trump.

By German Lopez
Another Trump accuser comes forward to say Trump did exactly what he bragged about doing
Play
Politics

Thanks to the 2005 tape, we know what it sounds like when Trump tells the truth.

By Libby Nelson
Donald Trump’s threat to sue the New York Times for defamation, explained by legal experts
Politics

Trump’s lawyers seem to be confused about how defamation lawsuits work.

By Tara Golshan