Trump Is Still Unpopular in Our Poll. Why Aren’t Democrats Doing Better?

“Disapproval” of the president does not necessarily translate into support for the opposition.

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Mamdani’s Plan for Government-Run Grocery Stores: Will It Help?

New York City’s Democratic mayoral front-runner wants to take on high grocery prices with government-run stores, but city intervention to keep food prices low isn’t new. We went to see what one of those government initiatives looks like today.

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Can a New York City Mayoral Candidate Be Taken Off the Ballot?

A judge affirmed a Board of Elections decision that it was too late for Jim Walden to be taken off the New York City mayoral ballot. The same would be true for other candidates.

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Mamdani Leads Cuomo Head-to-Head, With a Turnout Twist

The Times/Siena poll shows Mamdani would have an edge among likely voters, but Cuomo would lead among all registered voters.

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5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration

Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.

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Trump Says He Wants to Get Rid of Mail-In Ballots

President Trump has claimed mail voting was a source of fraud during the 2020 presidential election, although his former attorney general said his assertions of widespread fraud couldn’t be proven.

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These Are the Voters Who Should Scare Democrats Most

Working-class Americans who until recently voted Democratic said the party should not count on a backlash to President Trump to win them back. Still, there were pockets of opportunity.

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Mamdani Tries to Build Bridges to Black Voters Who Snubbed Him in June

Zohran Mamdani’s win in the Democratic primary has challenged traditional assumptions about New York City’s Black electorate and its influence in city politics.

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The Gen Z New Yorkers Selling Their Parents on Mamdani

Young voters went for Zohran Mamdani by a large margin. Can they persuade their parents to do the same?

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Supreme Court, for Now, Pauses Lower Court Decision Limiting Voting Rights Act

The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major challenge to the Voting Rights Act.

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