With such a close presidential race estimated in the battleground races, a host of factors could tip the 2024 election. We focus on two that have the potential to cause the key states to break toward Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. The first has to do with infrequent voters, and the second depends on how
Presidential campaigns can get abstract, petty and diversionary. But the reality of the presidency hits the instant a president takes the oath. In 2009, as President Barack Obama gave his first inaugural address, he carried a secret in his jacket pocket. A terrorist threat loomed over the ceremony; if the attack took place, he was
Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics – CBS News Watch CBS News Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign. And at times, it can seem like the rudeness of our politics has infected our personal interactions as well. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook suggests a
Colonial Williamsburg, capital of the British colony of Virginia, has been preserved as a sprawling museum. Its mission: that “the future may learn from the past.” The crown jewels of Williamsburg, Virginia, are the interpreters, interacting with audiences of our day, but in the context of the world as they would have known it in
Stagecraft and the power of political photographs – CBS News Watch CBS News With the invention of photography came a new way to view, mythologize and remember the nation’s presidents. CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott about how photographs capture the power of the presidency,
We’ve all seen a lot of political ads lately. But in battleground states, it’s a tsunami. Jack Levis is an independent voter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which makes him one of the most desirable voters on the planet: “Emails, texts, phone calls, it’s in my news feed, it’s in social media. In the last two
Thomas Higdon was a politics fanatic his entire life: He kept up on the news cycle, he door-knocked for candidates, and he volunteered for a number of campaigns. He long dreamed of working in government, but he and everyone around him felt it wouldn’t be possible because of his substance use. His use of alcohol