Prashant Jha is the Washington DC-based US correspondent of Hindustan Times. He is also the editor of HT Premium. Jha has earlier served as editor-views and national political editor/bureau chief of the paper. He is the author of How the BJP Wins: Inside India's Greatest Election Machine and Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal.
Articles by Prashant Jha
Donald Trump’s win: What does it mean for domestic policy in America
Donald Trump’s first term, his political campaign speeches and the opinions of those around him offer a partial guide to what will be the next administration’s priorities
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 10:43 PM IST
Decoding the new Trump ecosystem, the men and women who will run America
The men and women around President-elect Donald Trump are different from the ones who inhabited his political universe in his first term.
Updated on Nov 07, 2024 01:50 PM IST
Where Democrats faltered: From Joe Biden to wars to prices
The evidence suggests that the biggest mistake Joe Biden made was deciding to contest, and Democrats made was in remaining too polite
Updated on Nov 07, 2024 04:25 AM IST
Gender mattered: America rejects woman candidate, again
In Kamala Harris’s defeat, sexist assumptions about what a woman can do and cannot do was definitely a factor
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 09:18 PM IST
Explained: How Donald Trump won
Donald Trump’s campaign rested on a simple question to American voters; was their life better off now, or was it better off under Trump?
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 07:52 PM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
Donald Trump’s miraculous political comeback
Donald Trump’s return to power with the greatest support that he has had since his political debut is a vindication of his philosophy to not fold
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 06:34 PM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
A fractured America votes, an anxious world awaits outcome
Close to 80mn voters have voted through both mail-in and in-person voting before polling day; US intelligence warns of Russian effort to spread misinformation
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 01:01 AM IST
US elections: 250 yrs later, it all boils down to where it began: Pennsylvania
Today in Pennsylvania, men and women, Whites and Blacks and Hispanics and Asian-Americans, will shape the practice of American democracy
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 11:23 PM IST
Eyes, West! America to seal fate of Trump, Harris today
Voters choose between Trump and Harris in a crucial election, with outcomes impacting U.S. policies and global relations. Results hinge on key swing states.
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 12:29 AM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
Abortion to Zelensky: The A-Z of the US presidential elections
The 2024 election hinges on a single question; the turnout of women, and the extent of the gender gap in the support for the two candidates.
Updated on Nov 05, 2024 01:30 PM IST
On the ground, Kamala Harris bets big on independent voters, late deciders
A New York Times/Siena poll said that out of the 8% voters who had decided on their vote only recently, 55% went with Kamala Harris and 44% with Donald Trump
Updated on Nov 04, 2024 02:31 PM IST
In final week, Trump gives Harris 3 openings, Biden gives Trump an opportunity
Once results are out, both sides will look back at the final week of the campaign and regret errors they made, or thank the other side for openings they offered
Updated on Nov 04, 2024 02:32 PM IST
The $120 million Musk muscle in the Trump torrent
Elon Musk's $120M backing of Trump's campaign merges finance and tech with politics, raising concerns about influence, transparency, and voter manipulation.
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 11:03 AM IST
Petty tyrant, unstable, obsessed with revenge: Harris on Trump in closing speech
Kamala Harris’s attack against Donald Trump came in the context of a growing perception that the Republican nominee was gaining an edge
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 11:04 AM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
Biden hosts biggest Diwali gathering, pitches Kamala’s character to desi voters
Biden’s pitch came on the day of a Carnegie Endowment survey that suggested that 61% of the Indian-American community was behind Harris
Updated on Oct 30, 2024 09:19 AM IST
US elections: Where two stories reveal Hispanic political diversity
In Hispanic community, a divided family in north & fragmented workplace in south show how traditional support for Harris is now juxtaposed with Trump’s inroads
Updated on Oct 30, 2024 09:20 AM IST
In America, the insurgent versus the institutionalist
Trump is leading a militancy promising rupture and Harris is running a cautious campaign pledging reform. Voter anger will shape the outcome
Updated on Oct 30, 2024 09:19 AM IST
US poll series part 9: Survey says 61% Indian Americans back Harris, 31% Trump
There is a dip in the desi community’s support for the Democratic presidential candidate compared to 2020
Updated on Oct 29, 2024 09:51 AM IST
MDB reform hasn’t gone far enough, while challenges have, says NK Singh
Singh discussed MDB reform in an uncertain global political climate and the implications of a potential change in U.S. administration.
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 12:13 AM IST
Prashant Jha, Washington
Inside Trump’s MAGA movement: A conversation with Saurabh Sharma
A key figure in the Trump world and a national conservative ideologue speaks to HT about foreign policy, immigration, trade and race
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 09:48 AM IST
Interview | Early poll can’t predict results, keep an open mind: Top US pollster
US pollster John Lapinski offers a guide to polling in America, reflecting on why past polls got it wrong, and explains what remains unknown in the elections
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 09:47 AM IST
Trump’s political argument vs Harris’s personality argument
HT travelled to two swing states, six counties in urban and rural areas, and interviewed close to 150 voters across the ethnic, gender and generational divide
Published on Oct 25, 2024 08:15 PM IST
US poll series part 6: Trump is winning political, Harris personality argument
The polarisation of American society and the peculiarity of the election system means that both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have about 47% of the vote
Updated on Oct 25, 2024 07:33 PM IST
From a red rural county, how American parties operate and why Trump has reason to smile
Kamala Harris’s real vulnerability comes from counties such as Brunswick, for Democrats have historically remained weak in the rural south, at least since the 1960s
Updated on Oct 24, 2024 07:14 PM IST
From one North Carolina polling booth, decoding the Trump edge
Trump’s arguments have found resonance North Carolina's urban pockets with a high quotient of educated professionals, in a worry for the Harris campaign
Updated on Oct 25, 2024 07:23 PM IST
US elections: In shadow of history, Blacks confront a defining political choice
The community largely remains with Democrats in swing states, but there is a clear dent in the Democratic base as Donald Trump’s appeal grows among Black men.
Updated on Oct 22, 2024 10:52 AM IST
US elections: Moods swing in the bellwether district of swing state Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the most important of the swing states, which Donald Trump won 44,292 votes in 2016 and Joe Biden won by 80,555 votes.
Updated on Oct 21, 2024 11:55 AM IST
In 15 days, the end of the election that may reshape the world
Over 10 million Americans have voted early in a crucial election, with implications for U.S. governance, global politics, and economic policies at stake.
Updated on Oct 21, 2024 06:58 AM IST
In 15 days, the end of the election that may reshape the world
For the next 15 days, in the run up to the end of the American elections, HT will bring ground reports, analysis and interviews
Published on Oct 20, 2024 12:46 PM IST
In US indictment, hints of a purported link with Nijjar
f true at all, in this strange tale there remain more questions than answers about the nature and motivations of decision makers behind the plot
Published on Oct 19, 2024 12:01 PM IST