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“The Run-Up” is your guide to understanding the 2024 election. Host Astead W. Herndon talks to the p

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A year ago, Astead took “The Run-Up” listeners home for Thanksgiving.Specifically, he convened a foc

President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees and major appointments — which have arrived quickly in the

For more than two years, we’ve been asking pretty much everyone we meet a version of the same questi

For months now, “The Run-Up” has been traveling around the country talking with people, trying to en

One phenomenon that’s been getting a lot of attention during this election is the growing gender gap

For most of this year, we’ve been focused on the race for president, the messages coming from both p

There’s no state more likely to tip the election than Pennsylvania.It has the most electoral votes o

Here’s what makes North Carolina, with its 16 Electoral College votes, unique among the electoral ba

On Tuesday night, with three weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump was in Georgia.In 2020, he

We are less than a month from Election Day.That means our polling colleagues are busy. And that they

Tim Walz, a former high school football coach from a tiny town, has folksy sayings and a camo cap. J

At one point, he supported the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star an

At one point, he supported the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star an

At one point, he supported the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star an

This year, Democrats and Republicans are both fighting to convince voters that their party alone can

There’s a message that Kamala Harris and the Democrats are trying to send in these final weeks: The

There’s a message that Kamala Harris and the Democrats are trying to send in these final weeks: The

For the people still on the fence about 2024, Tuesday night’s debate was an important data point.How

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off in Philadelphia on Tues

Former president Trump frequently takes credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade.But in recent wee