Politics

Several downballot races in the 2024 presidential election will carry implications for climate policy far beyond state lines

The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration.

Efficient machines, paper ballots and human checks make the U.S. voting system robust

The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could reshape policies from health care at home to nuclear proliferation abroad

Election polls are increasingly vulnerable to huge mistakes

Scientific American staff and sleep experts share advice on how to get better sleep in the stressful days leading up to the U.S. presidential election—and those that come after

When voters decide between two alternatives, as is effectively the case in the U.S. presidential election, it usually comes down to a neck-and-neck race. Researchers can now explain this mathematically

To heal political division, start with common moral ground, a study suggests

Harris recently proposed a Medicare plan that would cover at-home health aides and other long-term care services, which could provide much needed relief to older adults and caregivers

We can anticipate many false claims as we approach the U.S. presidential election—including untrue allegations of mass voting by noncitizens or of “suspicious vans” outside polling booths—and should quickly counter them, a misinformation expert says

The Small Business Association has announced that loans to those affected by hurricanes and other disasters have been halted to wait for more money from Congress. But the House speaker says nothing will happen until after the presidential election

Trump’s anti-immigrant good-gene-bad-gene screeds are nothing but factless eugenics for a new era