As the forces of reaction outpace movements predicated on the ideal of progress, and as traditional norms of political competition are tossed aside, it’s clear that the internet and social media have succeeded in doing what many feared and some hoped they would. They have disrupted and destroyed institutional constraints […] Read more »
The Democratic Party is facing a demographic crisis
Musa al-Gharbi, Columbia University In 2008, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama outperformed his predecessors John Kerry and Al Gore with virtually every single demographic group, handily defeating his Republican rival John McCain. This success spread to down-ballot races as well. Democrats expanded control over the House and the Senate, and […] Read more »
Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust The Inside Scoop
So … this is a little awkward. Here we are, in the midst of a series of articles about the media’s shortcomings in covering the 2016 general election. And President Trump, the winner of that election, has to go out and call the media the “enemy of the American people.” […] Read more »
Trump said the L.A.Times poll ‘did a great job. Shocking…’ Here’s what you need to know
Throughout the fall campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump and his allies loved the USC/L.A. Times “Daybreak” poll — the only major survey that consistently showed him winning. “A couple polls got it right. I must say Los Angeles Times did a great job, shocking because, you know, they did a great […] Read more »
Majority of Americans Say Congress Should Probe Contact Between Trump, Russia
About half of Americans believe that Congress should investigate whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign had contact with the Russian government in 2016, while only a quarter say that lawmakers should not probe the issue, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Carrie Dann, NBC News Read more »
A Democratic pollster talks about how her party lost touch
As part of an effort to understand the state of the Democratic Party — both inside and outside Washington — in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, I am embarking on an occasional series of email conversations with people who will be part of what comes next for the party. […] Read more »