Ronald Brownstein

One major reason Donald Trump will return to the White House is that he remained unexpectedly competitive with women in this month's election.

One major reason Donald Trump will return to the White House is that he remained unexpectedly competitive with women in this month’s election.

Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”?

CNN — Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”?

Campaign leadership believes that the Democrats narrowed the gap on Trump that Biden left—but not by enough.

CNN — The Democrats' last line of defense against Republican inroads among working-class voters is continuing to crumble.

Small-town America voted heavily in his favor—but the policies he's pledged won't reward that faith.

CNN — Donald Trump 's margin of victory in the presidential election was provided largely by voters who retain significant doubts about his character, policy agenda or both.

Donald Trump’s margin of victory in the presidential election was provided largely by voters who retain significant doubts about his character, policy agenda or both.

A returning president who expects to govern without constraints leaves his opponents hoping to benefit from the backlash.