[2] David Uberti, writing in the Columbia Journalism Review in 2019, called Bouie "one of the defining commentators on politics and race in the Trump era".

[24] Bouie has written extensively on racial politics,[25][26] including slavery in the United States and the American Civil War,[27] the killing of Trayvon Martin,[28][29] the Ferguson unrest,[30] the Charleston church shooting,[31] and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Several days earlier, he compared Trump voters to the "angry, recalcitrant whites" who resisted the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War.

The newspaper stated that Bouie has "consistently driven understanding of politics deeper by bringing not only a reporter's eye but also a historian's perspective and sense of proportion to bear on the news.

"[41] In January 2023, Bouie wrote an analysis of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' speeches in his national campaign for president.

He suggested that DeSantis was attempting to develop a populist narrative to draw voters away from former President Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary election without exposing his legislative history of favoring the wealthy.

Bouie encouraged journalists to redirect the narrative toward topics avoided by DeSantis but of more concern to many voters who would be adversely affected were his policies implemented.

[45] With John Ganz, he hosts the Unclear and Present Danger podcast covering the political thriller films of the 1990s and exploring what they say about America's perception of the world in that era.