A Wave Election in America? (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

With the world mesmerized by the United States’ presidential race this year, the race for control of the US House of Representatives and the Senate has been largely overlooked. But the outcome of the congressional elections could make or break the next president’s agenda.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-clinton-wave-election-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-10

Understanding America’s Electoral College (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/understanding-us-electoral-college-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-08

Obama’s Last Hurrah (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

Barack Obama was just beginning to enjoy himself. He’d been itching to throw himself into the 2016 presidential race and do what he could to ensure that Donald Trump wouldn’t succeed him as President of the United States. It was evident throughout the campaign that he backed his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, but he had to wait to declare his support openly until it was certain that Senator Bernie Sanders couldn’t beat her at the convention.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/obama-rising-popularity-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-07

The Agony of the Republicans (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-acceptance-republican-party-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-06

Can the Democrats and Republicans Heal Themselves? (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

The contests to decide the nominees of America’s two main political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans, for the presidential election are all but over. That leaves both parties facing the challenge of reuniting for the fall campaign – a feat that will be much harder to pull off this year than it was in most other presidential election years.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/overcoming-democrat-republican-splits-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-05

Why Trump? (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

Whatever becomes of his candidacy – whether he wins the Republican Party’s nomination or is even elected President of the United States – Americans and the rest of the world will be wondering for a long time how the phenomenon of  Donald Trump happened. They are already doing so.

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The Agony of Hillary Clinton (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

Being Hillary Clinton, one of the most celebrated women in the world, holder of some of the highest offices in American politics, and possibly the next president of the United States, has had more than its share of agony. Widely regarded a year ago as a shoo-in for the Democratic Party’s nomination, she has faced a far more difficult slog than anyone, including her, ever contemplated.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/hillary-clinton-uphill-battle-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-02

Sizing Up the US Election’s Opening Round (Elizabeth Drew, Project-Syndicate)

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/predictions-impossible-in-presidential-campaign-by-elizabeth-drew-2016-01