The Run-Up

Your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Especially the messy parts.

What Republicans Lost When They Won on Roe
In Arizona, the G.O.P. is divided over the future of opposing abortion.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe and Elisa Gutierrez
Maybe It All Comes Down to Abortion
In the battleground state of Arizona, Democrats hope that anger over Dobbs and state-level restrictions will send people to the polls and keep Biden in the White House.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe and Anna Foley
Trump’s Guilty. Does Anyone Care?
Some voters are moving away from the former president, but conversations with people still on the fence show a wide range of issues on their mind beyond a criminal conviction.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe, Elisa Gutierrez and Ruth Igielnik
What Women Voters Really Want
It’s a political question at the heart of 2024 and the premise of Trump’s criminal trial. We check in with two female pollsters who wrote a book in 2005, claiming to know … one of whom happens to be Kellyanne Conway.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe and Elisa Gutierrez
Why Joe Biden Isn’t Getting Credit for the Economy
To the people he needs to win over, prices still feel too high and wages too low.
By Astead W. Herndon, Elisa Gutierrez, Anna Foley and Sophia Lanman
Everyone Not Named Trump or Biden Who Might Make a Difference in Trump vs. Biden
Your questions about 2024, answered.
By Astead W. Herndon, Anna Foley and Elisa Gutierrez
Inside the College Democrats’ Rebuke of Biden
Why the young people who seem most likely to be all-in for the president are instead publicly criticizing him.
By Astead W. Herndon, Elisa Gutierrez and Anna Foley
The Democrats’ New Chance in Wisconsin
What redrawn maps might mean in November.
By Astead W. Herndon, Anna Foley and Caitlin O’Keefe
The Comedian Roy Wood Jr. on What’s Funny About 2024
A conversation about the power of Trump’s punchlines — and the jokes President Biden should be telling.
By Astead W. Herndon, Elisa Gutierrez and Caitlin O’Keefe
The Youngest Voters and the Oldest President
A look at new polling that shows Joe Biden may be struggling with the Gen Z voters he needs to win.
By Astead W. Herndon, Elisa Gutierrez and Caitlin O’Keefe