The final unresolved House race of 2018 is set to conclude Sept. 10 when Marine Corps veteran Dan McCready, a Democrat, faces off against Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop. And although Democrats already rocketed into the House majority last November, this do-over election means much more for the Republicans, who […] Read more »
North Carolina 9: McCready Has Narrow Lead in New Bipartisan Poll
Democrat Dan McCready has a narrow advantage over Republican Dan Bishop heading into the final days of the Sept. 10 redo election in North Carolina’s 9th District, according to a new bipartisan poll for Inside Elections. … Responses were gathered via mobile telephone interviews conducted by live callers at a […] Read more »
Why doesn’t support for gun-control laws translate to gun-control laws?
Polls routinely show that a majority of Americans support gun-control legislation, such as background checks, gun licensing, assault-weapons bans and red-flag laws. So why hasn’t public opinion filtered up to Washington, which hasn’t passed a major gun-control law in more than 20 years? … It’s an interesting question. Let’s try […] Read more »
Notes on the State of Politics
Key Points • The Democratic primary race has been very stable, with the biggest exception being Elizabeth Warren’s rise to become one of the clear frontrunners. • Donald Trump is attracting primary challengers, but his standing within the GOP remains strong. • Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-GA) pending resignation expands the […] Read more »
The Tea Party Didn’t Get What It Wanted, but It Did Unleash the Politics of Anger
In the late summer of 2009, as the recession-ravaged economy bled half a million jobs a month, the country seemed to lose its mind. … Ten years since that summer of rage, the ideas that animated the Tea Party movement have been largely abandoned by Republicans under President Trump. Trillion-dollar […] Read more »
No, Congress won’t pass gun background checks ‘like we’ve never had before.’ Here’s why.
Immediately after back-to-back mass shootings in early August in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the stalemate on tightening gun laws appeared ready to shift. … But that momentum is already gone. Trump has disavowed his support for tightening background checks; only a handful of Republicans are still working on the […] Read more »