… African-Americans make up about 27 percent of the state’s population, and Jones will need them to turn out in droves on Tuesday, since he’s expected to win just a third of whites, at best. Only 15 percent of white Alabamians voted for Barack Obama in 2012, according to exit […] Read more »
Why the Tax Bill Could Be Bad Politics
With Senate passage of the tax-cut bill, it looks very likely that President Trump and Republicans will finally get one of their top priorities enacted into law. The big question is whether the legislative win is also a political win. CONT. Charlie Cook Read more »
What the people of Alabama really think of Roy Moore
Twelve conservative voters gathered inside a Birmingham coffee house Thursday for a candid discussion about the Alabama senate race. CONT. Vice News Read more »
Charlie Cook’s Midterm Update
How Roy Moore Survives
In a curious way, the sex-abuse allegations against Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican Senate candidate, may actually be helping his campaign. The continuing conundrum for his Democratic opponent, Doug Jones, is that nowhere near enough Alabamians believe the allegations. Indeed, a noticeable backlash has hyper-energized Mr. Moore’s volunteers and a […] Read more »
The GOP is trying to pass a super-unpopular agenda — and that’s a bad sign for democracy
Tax experts are in widespread agreement that the GOP tax cuts are bad policy — a giveaway to the rich paid for by the middle class and poor, with little upside for the economy. But Congress writes legislation that experts hate all the time. What’s really striking is that the […] Read more »