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Over the past 15 years, the Upper Midwest has seen a remarkable state-by-state sorting of voters along partisan lines.

In dueling sets of speeches, Donald Trump and President Biden are framing the election as a battle for the future of democracy — with Mr. Trump brazenly casting Mr. Biden as the true menace.

The president framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.

The dissatisfaction with the presidential front-runners among a key coalition of voters — who may vote third party or not at all — poses a serious threat to the president’s re-election effort.

Younger voters don’t just expect different things from candidates than do older voters; they approach the entire concept of voting differently.