Tag: Donald Trump
Grattan on Friday: a possible Trump victory is making the Albanese government cagey about its 2035 climate target
If Donald Trump wins the US presidency on November 5, his victory will have profound implications for other countries on many fronts. Not least of them will be climate change policy.
Donald Trump and Peter Dutton have both embraced populism. Are working-class voters buying it?
Republicans and Liberals have found common cause attacking big business. But when it comes to actually siding with workers over business, a different picture emerges.
Labor retains office at ACT election; US presidential election remains on a knife’s edge
The ACT election has yielded yet another Labor win, with the party holding office in the ACT since 2001.
Has Kamala Harris reached the ceiling of her ability to make gains against Trump?
With just a few weeks until the presidential election, the polls have both sides in a dead heat – so now the result may hinge on who comes out to vote.
Republicans once championed immigration in the US. Now, under Trump, an ugly nativism has been normalised
Immigration has become a central issue of the 2024 presidential election for Trump and the Republicans. How did Republican rhetoric change so dramatically on the issue?
Could NZ foreign policy be Trumped? Why the government will be hoping Kamala Harris wins the US election
The government’s push for closer relations with the US could be undone by a Trump victory in November.
In a largely uneventful and inconsequential US vice presidential debate, no one can claim victory
In what was likely the last debate of the campaign, JD Vance and Tim Walz tackled foreign affairs, climate change and abortion. With a month until polling day, it’s not likely to matter much.
In a too-close-to-call US presidential election, will ‘couch-sitters’ decide who wins?
More than 40% of Democrats and Republicans didn’t vote in the past three US elections. These non-voters could be pivotal in deciding who wins this year’s contest.
Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrong
Centralising power in a president is more likely to foster personalised, corrupt governance that is democratically unaccountable.
Harris gains in post-debate US national polls, but will her gains be sustained?
The Democratic nominee has received a sizeable bounce following her strong performance in the presidential debate.
Trump and Harris trade insults and competing visions: our experts give their verdicts on the US presidential debate
The Conversation’s expert panel believed Kamala Harris had more to prove – and Donald Trump more to lose – in the debate. Here were the moments that mattered.
Harris’ lead dips in national US polls and it’s very close in the key states
The early boost in support for the Democrat appears to have tapered off, so much now hangs on this week’s presidential debate.
Kamala Harris’ campaign has taken off, but Donald Trump still has one advantage – if he can rein himself in
Despite Harris’ rise in the national and battleground state polls, Trump still leads her on several critical issues – immigration, the economy and inflation.
Harris’ win probability falls slightly after Democratic convention and Kennedy withdrawal
The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 48.8–45.0. In my previous…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Joe Hockey says Kamala Harris and Anthony Albanese share views
We're joined on the podcast by former Australian ambassador to Washington, Joe Hockey, who's been attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.