A consequential, divisive, troubling election about big issues
This election is the most consequential since Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover amid the Great Depression. The 2024 vote is consequential, too. It is about big issues, on which the two parties are deeply divided. The parties differ dramatically on border control, tax cuts, school choice, gun rights, reproductive freedom, stronger law enforcement, and many more. Taken together, those differences define a deep fault line in American politics. That chasm and repeated attacks (from all sides) on our constitutional framework make our public life perilous. America is resilient, but we are recklessly testing the limits of “E Pluribus Unum,” one out of many.