Tuesday and What It Tells Us About 2016

The 2014 election was a major defeat of Democrats – a wave election that will have long-term consequences. It was produced by the Republicans who were energized by nationalizing the election around Barack Obama and it was also produced by the President’s failure to engage with an economic narrative and […] Read more »

Impatience with Washington drove off-year electorate

House Speaker John Boehner said that his job is to listen to the priorities of the American people. The GOP leadership outlined their new agenda, including authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline and revising the Affordable Care Act. Gwen Ifill talks to David Winston of the Winston Group and Frederick Yang […] Read more »

What 2014 Elections Can Tell Us About the 2016 Ones: Not So Much

America has again embraced our long history of electoral overreaction. While it’s true that Republicans won a major victory at the polls, the results tell us far less about future elections than some commentary has suggested. … Historically, midterm results, which are typically unfavorable to the president’s party, tell us […] Read more »