Electoralism/Democratism

Kamala Harris Upended Political Gravity

Will there be a polling bounce? What about the debate? But the biggest question of all following the Democratic convention might be: How long can the good times last? National correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti spent the past week in Chicago reporting on where the Kamala Harris campaign plans to go from here. Already, he writes, something extraordinary has happened: Donald Trump is no longer the center of the political universe.

—Justin Miller, deputy editor, Intelligencer

Donald Who? Kamala Harris leaves the Democratic convention having upended political gravity.

Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine

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