Americans across party and demographic lines overwhelmingly support expanded background checks for gun buyers and allowing law enforcement to temporarily seize weapons from troubled individuals, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as President Trump and Republicans face fresh pressure to act. Although the poll finds a continued partisan divide […] Read more »
Democrats have a chance in a heavily Trump district in North Carolina
The seemingly never-ending election to represent North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will (probably) come to a close on Tuesday. … The race looks like it could be close, which could foreshadow bad news for the Republicans in 2020. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »
Americans don’t expect Congress to act on gun laws
Americans doubt Congress will enact new gun laws despite a spate of mass shootings this summer that rattled the country. As lawmakers return to Washington, a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found that less than a quarter of Americans think Congress will pass significant gun control legislation over the next […] Read more »
The Gerrymandering Fight Moves To The States
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts would not decide cases on partisan gerrymandering. Now the legal battle has moved to the states. A North Carolina court panel ruled Tuesday that the state’s legislative maps violate the state’s constitution, ordering that they be redrawn within two weeks. In […] Read more »
Texas Is Changing—Quickly
… The fundamental force that has shaken the GOP’s hold on Texas is that for the first time in decades, voters there are behaving in patterns familiar from other states. Democrats are showing gains in the state’s diverse, well-educated metropolitan areas, even as Republicans retain a crushing lead in small-town, […] Read more »
Sun Belt or Rust Belt? Democrats search for path to power
As Democrats try to win control of the White House and the Senate in 2020, they face a geographical puzzle — the path to the presidency may conflict with the one to a Senate majority. Democrats’ best shot at the White House is to win back their old turf — […] Read more »