… For decades, African Americans have been an outsize segment of the Democratic base, all but defining the leftmost ideology of the party. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the Congressional Black Caucus et al. may have been to the left of the average black voter (depending on the state), but at […] Read more »
The growing power and anger of climate change voters
The voter passionately motivated by climate change was once something of an anomaly. But that is changing as President Donald Trump has systematically unraveled the nation’s environmental regulations at the same time that Americans have witnessed a series of climate-related crises: fires in the Amazon, hurricanes that churn with increasing […] Read more »
Trump Heads Into 2020 With No Clear Policy Agenda. But It May Not Matter.
President Trump heads into the closing months of the year before he faces re-election without a clear policy agenda and with an uphill path to achieving any major new accomplishments before he faces voters. Over a summer dominated by his personal attacks on Democratic lawmakers, the news media and his […] Read more »
Inside the next 5 months of 2020 Democratic campaign, before voters have their say
… The Democratic primary campaign, which remained remarkably stable throughout the summer, is suddenly entering a new period of uncertainty. Many voters say they are just beginning to pay close attention to the race, signaling the potential for a far more volatile campaign season this fall. Interviews with voters, campaign […] Read more »
The Trump Voters Whose ‘Need for Chaos’ Obliterates Everything Else
Over the four years during which he has dominated American political life, nearly three of them as president, Donald Trump has set a match again and again to chaos-inducing issues like racial hostility, authoritarianism and white identity politics. … In the past, chaos-seekers were on outer edges of politics, unable […] Read more »
The fight for the Senate grows more interesting
Increased concern about the likelihood of an economic slowdown, new questions about President Donald Trump’s standing with voters, and a special election in Georgia certainly give Democrats some reason for optimism about next year’s fight for the Senate. But while the Senate map surely is better for Democrats in 2020 […] Read more »