Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 presidential election, with particular focuses on on economic policy and gender politics.
Going into election day, pollsters predicted a possible record-setting gender gap. That didn't quite happen, but polls showed young men swung hard toward Trump, boosted by new voters and Latino men.
President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.
A lot of President-elect Donald Trump's policy depends on whether the Republicans win a majority in the House, which has several races still outstanding.