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Midterm Elections 2026

Vox’s coverage and analysis of the 2026 midterm elections.

Politics
Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymanderVirginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander
Politics

Democrats just handed the Supreme Court’s Republicans a loaded weapon.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Marco Rubio is trying to take back the GOPMarco Rubio is trying to take back the GOP
Politics

Trump is floating Rubio as a potential successor. His vision sounds very different than JD Vance.

By Christian Paz
Politics
The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decisionThe glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decision
Politics

The court buried itself in dictionaries and missed the obvious.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
What the Supreme Court still has left to decide this termWhat the Supreme Court still has left to decide this term
Politics

Democracy and Donald Trump dominate the Court’s remaining docket.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering.The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering.
Politics

The Republican justices just abolished 40 years worth of law protecting against rigged maps.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
Trump’s new attack on mail-in voting, briefly explainedTrump’s new attack on mail-in voting, briefly explained
The Logoff

A new executive order attempts to seize control of mail-in voting.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
The Art of the StealThe Art of the Steal
Podcast
Politics

How election officials are thinking about Trump’s threat to the midterms.

By Kelli Wessinger and Astead Herndon
Politics
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.
Politics

The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable.

By Eric Levitz
Politics
The redistricting battle that could decide the 2026 elections, explainedThe redistricting battle that could decide the 2026 elections, explained
Politics

Democrats are finally fighting back in the redistricting war.

By Christian Paz

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