Election 2024

Follow live updates on the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump from our reporters on the campaign trail and in Washington.

VP debate: Here are fact checks and key takeaways from the vice-presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz. The Washington Post once again asked swing-state voters for their real-time reactions to the debate, here’s what they had to say on who won.

Policy positions: We’ve collected Harris’s and Trump’s stances on the most important issues — abortion, economic policy, immigration and more.

Presidential polls: Check out how Harris and Trump stack up, according to The Washington Post’s presidential polling averages of seven battleground states. We’ve identified eight possible paths to victory based on the candidates’ current standing in the polls.