If you focus on either one of our major political parties, you can tick off enough problems and serious challenges to add up to a fairly grisly picture. Of late, most of that energy has trended in Republicans’ direction. But don’t sleep on Democrats’ vulnerabilities, either.
Cataloging all of the problems that Republicans are having today is a challenge unto itself. … But you can put a pretty good list together for Democrats, too. The system set up by the Founders 232 years ago next month included a compromise to protect small states from being dominated by larger states. Given current political realities, that means that both the Electoral College and the Senate grow more and more challenging for Democrats, who run up the score in big states like California, New York, and Illinois. CONTINUED
Charlie Cook