The Washington Post Builds New Feature to Add Context to Election Coverage

Washington Post readers may have noticed something different when visiting the website in the last few days. The outlet has introduced a new mobile-first feature to provide context to its coverage of the 2016 presidential race.

The feature, called Backdrop, went live on Monday. It's designed as a pop-up button in the lower-left-hand corner of all politics articles, and gives readers the option to access key background information about the campaign trail without having to leave the article page.

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