The 2016 race for the White House has broken all the rules.The American Voter, a free Reuters app for your tablet, tells the powerful story of the makeup, mood and outlook of the U.S. electorate. It explains how the voters themselves – not personalities, campaign strategies, party rules or who’s offending whom – are the key to understanding why this year’s U.S. presidential race is so different from what has gone before.
The American Voter features insights from award-winning commentators and writers from inside and outside Reuters, along with video, slideshows, interactive infographics and more.
Coverage includes:
• The crisis facing Republicans and Democrats as voters have shaken up the parties • How “big money” has shaped, and been shaped by, this year’s race • The campaign’s frequently ugly gender war• Voters speaking out about their frustration and confusion as Election Day draws near • Reuters’ “Best and Worst” of the campaign so far, from Hillary Clinton’s favorite song to Martin O’Malley’s one-person rally• How religion plays out at the ballot box• Deep dive infographics into voter demographics and the decline of “identity politics” • Scenes from the campaign trail – and more
Don’t miss our opening essay from the acclaimed Harold Evans, Reuters Editor at Large, who provides an incisive, thoughtful, sometimes humorous, look a race in which conventional wisdom couldn’t be more wrong.