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Eric Levitz
Senior Correspondent
Eric Levitz is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers a wide-range of political and policy issues, with a special focus on questions that internally fracture the American left and right. Before coming to Vox, he wrote a column for New York Magazine, where his work explored the diploma divide in Western politics, shifts in mainstream economic thinking, and the rise of rightwing populism, among other topics. His work has been published in the New York Times, Salon, and MSNBC, and he has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CBS Saturday Morning, and NPR, among other outlets.
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The best option isn’t always a great one.
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
The Trump campaign is at once a savvy, disciplined operation and an illiberal narcissist’s personality cult.
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66994879874%2C0%2C66.660102402521%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0049231981094877%2C0%2C99.990153603781%2C100&w=2400)
Pelosi, Schumer, and Obama have all signaled to Joe that it’s time to go.
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.494750414441%2C0%2C67.010499171118%2C100&w=2400)
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.25655121861829%2C100%2C99.486897562763&w=2400)
Trump’s “populist” running mate won’t change his party’s class allegiances.
![Democrats shouldn’t use Trump’s shooting as an excuse to stick with Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161169336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats shouldn’t use Trump’s shooting as an excuse to stick with Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161169336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The party doesn’t need to accept defeat. It just needs to reject Joe Biden.
![Yes, it’s still fair to call Trump a threat to democracy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161513267.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.770833333333%2C0%2C66.458333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Yes, it’s still fair to call Trump a threat to democracy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161513267.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.15625%2C0%2C99.6875%2C100&w=2400)
The attempt on his life shouldn’t cow his critics.
![The bar for Joe Biden should not be on the floor](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161683654.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.5625%2C0%2C70.875%2C100&w=2400)
![The bar for Joe Biden should not be on the floor](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161683654.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.9688418577307%2C100%2C94.062316284539&w=2400)
At his press conference, the president proved he can sometimes speak coherently. That’s not good enough.
![The arguments for Biden 2024 keep getting worse](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160792139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663608001468%2C0%2C66.672783997064%2C100&w=2400)
![The arguments for Biden 2024 keep getting worse](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160792139.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0045875768419137%2C100%2C99.990824846316&w=2400)
No, “history” does not tell us that the Democrats shouldn’t change their nominee
![Biden is leading Democrats toward their worst-case scenario](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160116885.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is leading Democrats toward their worst-case scenario](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160116885.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
In a live interview, the president appeared too frail to defeat Trump and too delusional to drop out.
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.660944206009%2C0%2C66.678111587983%2C100&w=2400)
![5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159030756.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.008582217645035%2C100%2C99.98283556471&w=2400)
A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.
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