Ronald Brownstein, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of presidential campaigns, is Atlantic Media's editorial director for strategic partnerships, in charge of long-term editorial strategy. He also writes a weekly column and regularly contributes other pieces for the National Journal, contributes to Quartz, and The Atlantic, and coordinates political coverage and activities across publications produced by Atlantic Media.
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Jason Redmond / Getty Images Can Millennials Save the Democratic Party?
The 2020 election is projected to mark the first time in more than 40 years that baby boomers aren’t the largest generation of eligible voters.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why California Is Environmentalists' Trump Card
Unique authority granted to the golden state allows it to have a profound impact on emissions regulations.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Budget Proposal Threatens Democratic and Republican Ambitions
The military and older whites are the big winners in the president’s budget proposal, Democratic constituencies and Republican budget hawks are the big losers.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Coming Battle Over Legal Immigration
Some Republicans want fewer immigrants of any stripe.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base
Republicans want to shrink government. But their core voters benefit from assistance, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the most.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Formidable Checks and Balances Imposing on President Trump
His plans have been complicated by virtually every counterforce, at home and abroad, that can limit a president.
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Nathan Chute / Reuters Why the GOP Is Still Struggling With Health-Care Reform
The very parts of the Affordable Care Act that Republicans see as government overreach are the parts that make insurance more affordable for their base.
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David Ryder / Reuters Are Republicans Taking a Gamble Supporting Trump on Immigration?
Immigrants in the United States are slowly moving from big-city melting pots into traditionally GOP territory—posing an electoral challenge to lawmakers who haven’t opposed the president’s policies.
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Jack Gruber / Reuters How Trump Could Rearrange the U.S. House
The president could accelerate the demographic divides between Democratic and Republican districts.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters The Biggest Losers in Trump's Potential Trade War
It’s not just large metropolises, with their globally integrated economies, that could feel the effects. Small to midsized cities could feel some pain, too.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters House Republicans and Democrats Represent Divergent Americas
An Atlantic analysis finds that congressional districts’ racial makeup, and their residents’ level of education, largely determines which party represents them in the House.
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Christine Armario / AP Are Liberals Launching Their Own Tea Party?
If they evolve into a sustained movement, the women’s marches could reorient the Democratic Party the way the circa-2009 conservative movement changed the GOP.
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Jim Bourg / AP Trump's Uneasy Gamble
The 45th President’s inaugural address encapsulated the risky gamble the Republican Party is taking on his combative approach.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Great Instigator
Unlike past presidents-elect, Donald Trump hasn’t expanded his support since the election. His belligerent attitude toward his critics may be one reason why.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Trumpcare Conundrum
Can Republicans repeal Obamacare without imposing the greatest costs on the older, white, blue-collar voters who put Trump into office?
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Nam Y. Huh / AP What Happens to the Democratic Party After Obama?
The outgoing president narrowed the party’s appeal in ways that helped the GOP. Democrats may need to widen it again if they hope to recover power.
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Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Putin and the Populists
The roots of Russia's political appeal in Europe and the United States
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Will Blue-Collar Whites Change Their Minds About Obamacare?
These voters overwhelmingly oppose the Affordable Care Act. Yet millions of them have gained health-care coverage under the law.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Trump Is Making Little Attempt to Reconcile the Country
His tone and temperament haven’t changed since the campaign, and he’s poised to enter office with historically low approval ratings.
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Steve Helber / AP How Carbon Emissions Explain Trump's Win
The states with the highest emissions levels mostly voted for the president-elect. Now, he’s selecting officials for his Cabinet who likely won’t try to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
