Patrick Ruffini: Why Did Trump Win?
Author and GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini discusses Trump's re-election and the ways in which the party is changing.
Author and GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini discusses Trump's re-election and the ways in which the party is changing.
From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape.
Voters say they want to "stop the madness." Expect the madness to continue.
"It is very smart to be the people who are like, 'We are normal moms and dads who love football, freedom, and faith, and we want to keep your freedoms intact,' " the New York Times contributor tells Reason.
Republican and Democratic coaches take questions from the press on the eve of the 2024 election.
Increasingly like-minded communities make incumbent lawmakers safer than ever.
From taxes to special loans to price gouging, the Trump and Harris campaigns have engaged in a race to see who can pander hardest.
From 9/11 to the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis moments keep reshaping the political landscape.
When your opponents are accusing you of trying to subvert democracy, maybe don't suggest that it "makes a lot of sense" to ignore the will of the voters.
Plus: Kevorkians in Canada, Jill Stein needs to chill, Chinese tell Cubans to stop with the Communism, and more...
Drew Johnson wants to help define the post-Trump GOP.
Both Democrats and Republicans who opposed war with Iran in 2020 are looking the other way while Biden unilaterally sends Americans into one.
Reason's Billy Binion speaks with political pundit and podcaster Meghan McCain.
Plus: FEMA threat-related arrest, incentives for babymaking, "men" for Harris/Walz, and more...
Trump's protectionist running mate comes out against “cheap, knockoff toasters” and common sense.
Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party.
Plus: Republicans seem likely to blow another winnable race, New York City's COVID czar attended pandemic raves, and more...
To justify his misinformation, the Republican vice presidential candidate cited a report from a woman whose lost cat turned up, very much alive, in her own basement.
Some Republicans didn't want the competition and opt for petty procedural complaints to kneecap their Libertarian rivals.
Liberals spent the last decade moving leftward on questions of race and sexual orientation—and so did conservatives.
Contrary to public desires, the presidency should be far less powerful.
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo is at the center of a fight between labor unions and venture capital that's dividing the populist right.
The Ohio senator doesn't want to limit government power. He wants to use it against his political enemies.
Plus: Telegram founder arrested in France, "blue zones" may be a myth, and more...
Plus: Brat summer revisited, Telegram CEO arrested, and more...
And probably because Republicans have foolishly abandoned it as a unifying theme.
The rise of neopopulism means those who prioritize free markets have no political home.
"We'd have a national ban on pornography if we could, right?"
Famed economist Arthur Laffer debates Libertarian Party presidential candidate Chase Oliver.
Dorr Legg saw the government as homosexuals' enemy.
A very special Reason Roundtable crossover episode with two guests from The Dispatch!
After announcing he would vote for Ron Paul, an onslaught of criticism ensued. Those critiques missed the mark, even though the gun rights advocate ultimately caved.
Untangling the roots of Vance's odd political evolution.
The former presidential candidate discusses the ideological tensions within the America First movement.
People making the same income should be paying the same level of taxes no matter how they choose to live their lives.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.
Donald Trump's running mate has discovered the most politically toxic way to demand the status quo.
The New Right talks a big populist game, but their policies hurt the people they're supposed to help.
The candidate supports gun rights, wants to privatize government programs, and would radically reduce the number of federal employees.
The most notable recent increase happened on the former president's watch, when homicides spiked.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.
Reason's Emma Camp attended the Republican National Convention to ask attendees if they still believe in the power of free markets.
He showed he's the boss of the GOP and that Joe Biden and the Democrats need to raise their game.
Reason's Zach Weissmueller talked with Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention about heated rhetoric, the weaponization of government, and plans for unity.
This week left no doubt that the GOP's current leadership wants the government to do more, spend more, and meddle more.
We asked delegates at the Republican National Convention whether a second Trump term would address America's debt problem.
Plus: Biden drop-out watch, tech issue grounds flights, J.D. Vance and the dissident right, and more...