This week’s special election in Georgia could be an outlier to the 2018 House elections. Or it could be an indicator of what’s to come. Chuck Todd, NBC News Read more »
Virginia Governor Contest Still Leans Democratic
While the margins, if not the outcomes, of Virginia’s gubernatorial primaries may have been a surprise, the long view of the race remains the same — Democrats are in position to hold the commonwealth’s governorship in November. CONT. Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call Read more »
‘Trump Effect’ is seismic for both Democrats, GOP in Virginia primary
The polarizing presidency of Donald Trump shook both parties in the Virginia gubernatorial primary Tuesday and ensured that the “Trump effect” in politics will be a dominant theme in the race in November. Hostility to Trump spurred strong turnout among Democrats, raising their hopes that primary winner Lt. Gov. Ralph […] Read more »
Can GOP Candidates Outrun Trump?
… Whatever the similarities between the Brexit and Trump elections last year, it would be foolhardy to extrapolate them to our midterm elections next year. That said, there are canaries in the political coal mine that could provide clues to the mood of the electorate. The most immediate is next […] Read more »
Almost a Must-Win for Democrats in Georgia 6
Democratic strategists may hate the idea that they must win the June 20 special election in Georgia’s 6th District, but that doesn’t make it any less true. Jon Ossoff’s defeat would not tell us what will happen seventeen months from now in the 2018 midterms any more than Republican Tim […] Read more »
Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win.
Democrats are facing an open breach between the demands of their political base and the strict limits of their power, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health care system and impeaching President Trump, while candidates in hard-fought elections ask wary independent voters merely for a fresh chance at governing. […] Read more »