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Political campaigns

Bombast Bursting in Air

The story, so far, of the 2016 election

Angle to Montgomery

Justin Barkley and I met as freshmen in college. He was the soft-spoken kid with an Alabama accent who lived down the hall. His roommates were all jocks of one…

How to Rig an Election

by Victoria Collier,

The G.O.P. aims to paint the country red

Fifty shades of gray

by Dan Halpern,

Mitt Romney as bad fiction

The Changeling

by David Samuels,

The content of Obama's character

All Politics Is Local

by Daniel Alarcón,

Election night in Peru’s largest prison

Stumped Speech

by Chris Haire,

The best and the brightest

Translated by Peter John R. Buchan,

Southern Belle Strategy

by Harper’s Staff,

Not What It Takes

by David Gargill,

Running for president on less than $2,000 a day

A Fate Worse Than Bush

by Kevin Baker,

Rudolph Giuliani and the politics of personality