Across the country Tuesday night, Democrats got good news in their effort to take back the House. They advanced candidates in key races in California (after being concerned they could be shut out), put forward what party operatives see as the best candidates in suburban New Jersey, and they feel […] Read more »
Trump and women continue to shape the coming midterm campaign
So disaster did not strike, the worst did not happen, the shutouts feared and talked about continually ahead of Tuesday’s voting did not come to pass. Democrats awoke Wednesday and surveyed the landscape in California and elsewhere across the country and looked toward November with relief. The battle for the […] Read more »
Democrats Strengthen House Takeover Prospects in Primary Voting
Democrats enhanced their prospects for winning control of the House in Tuesday’s coast-to-coast primaries, skirting potential calamity in California and lining up likely gains in New Jersey and possible victories in Iowa and New Mexico. CONT. Carl Hulse & Jonathan Martin, New York Times Read more »
Sometimes The Parties Do Decide, After All
In the wake of the 2016 presidential nomination process, it became fashionable to talk about the declining influence of the two major U.S. political parties on their voters. That’s for pretty good reason. The Republican nomination of Donald Trump, despite his tepid support from Republican elected officials and his frequent […] Read more »
A Midterm Environment Is Beginning to Take Shape, but Beware the Late Decider
It’s June, five months out from the fall elections, and the midterm speculation has gone from a simmer to a slow boil. Over the past year, thanks to an expanding body of survey research, the political conventional wisdom has evolved from wishful thinking (the blue wave is inevitable) to educated […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: A Primary Night For Both Parties To Be Happy About
Establishment-backed candidates did well in primaries across the country on Tuesday, and there was good news for Democrats: The party will not be shut out of any House races in California. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team gathered to react to Tuesday’s results and discuss whether there are trends among the […] Read more »