Aaron Blake

Washington, D.C.

Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix

Education: University of Minnesota

Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper.
Latest from Aaron Blake

Where the 2024 election stands, with 2 months left

The first ballots go out Friday, which makes this a good time to look at precisely where we are in the presidential race.

September 5, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is joined by family and friends onstage after accepting the Democratic nomination for president last month at the convention in Chicago.

The fear factor is now hurting Trump

Significantly more swing-state voters view Trump as a “threat to the country” than Harris. It wasn’t always thus.

September 4, 2024
Donald Trump holds a campaign rally on Saturday in Johnstown, Pa.

The top two states to watch in the 2024 election

The Trump and Harris campaigns are sprinting toward November and reserving airtime for political ads in key swing states. The Trump campaign seems to be focused on two swing states in particular – Pennsylvania and Georgia.

September 4, 2024

Biden is suddenly seeing his best polls in years

Precisely why is a valid question, and there are a number of possibilities. But if it holds up, it could undercut a key Trump campaign strategy.

September 3, 2024
President Joe Biden attends a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at IBEW Local Union #5 on Monday in Pittsburgh.

The 2 key states that could decide the 2024 election

Georgia and Pennsylvania are emerging as the central battlegrounds, for now. A look at the electoral college math shows why.

September 3, 2024
Georgia delegates and supporters announce their roll-call vote on Aug. 20 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Harris’s big interview and Trump’s cemetery controversy

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down for their first big interview since Harris began her campaign five weeks ago. Plus, former president Donald Trump flip-flops on reproductive rights again.

August 30, 2024

The Campaign Moment: Harris’s big interview

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, sat down for their first big interview since Harris began her campaign five weeks ago. Plus, former president Donald Trump flip-flops on reproductive rights again.

August 30, 2024

3 takeaways from Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s first major interview

Harris addressed her changed positions obliquely and walked a very fine line on trying to run as a “change” candidate.

August 29, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are interviewed by CNN’s Dana Bash at Kim’s Cafe in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday.

RFK Jr. is stuck on 3 swing-state ballots. That’s a headache for Trump.

North Carolina joins Michigan and Wisconsin in saying they can’t remove Kennedy’s name — and thickening the 2024 plot.

August 29, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks onstage beside Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Glendale, Ariz., on Friday.

Democratic enthusiasm is at Obama 2008 levels. Here’s why.

In fact, polls suggest Democrats might even be more “fired up” and “ready to go” vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

August 29, 2024