Frank Donatelli

Since 1988, Republicans have won exactly one popular vote majority in the last seven national elections. But they're still doubling down on a strategy that might become anachronistic as early as this November.

Newsweek columnists and guests weigh in on the best strategies for both candidates.

Despite a brutal September for Trump, both candidates still have all to win next Wednesday. Here's some free advice.

The Republicans don't like what most voters are talking about these days—COVID, racism and the economic crisis—and the RNC was a four-day-long attempt to change the topic. Did they succeed?

The convention hit all of the main points: a referendum on the current administration, message amplification, turnout and surrogates. Yet the Republicans still have openings.

The president is hoping the debates will shift the race in his favor and "expose" Joe Biden as unfit to lead. If history is any guide, that's not going to happen.

In an election like this one, the only bar a challenger needs to clear is "acceptable".

The president's attack lines have been blaming China, calling for law and order, and highlighting Biden's age and health. But all three are likely to backfire.

Americans expect their chief executive to understand their dissatisfaction and offer a confident message that the country will get through the difficult times. Policy proposals can come later.

Unilateral partisan attempts to override state prerogatives would be disastrous politically for the GOP.

Most every Democrat and progressive will support Biden, regardless of who is selected #2. But the real Democratic imperative is to win back the large number of blue collar voters who abandoned Hillary in 2016.

Biden needs to stop shifting positions. If he can rally centrists, he'll stand a good chance. If the party moves as far left as some believe, he won't be successful in any case.

With so many candidates, it will be difficult to keep score in any traditional sense.

After all the talk about the party's lurch leftwards, the practitioner of very traditional coalition politics has established himself as the one to beat.

Trump's approval rating barely seems to budge, come shutdown or come Mueller. Here's what the Democrats should learn from this ahead of 2020.