The first seven months of the Biden presidency have been easy compared with what’s coming down the pike. … As the 2022 and 2024 elections get closer, Biden is in a race to keep public attention on policies and initiatives favorable to the Democratic Party and its candidates against the […] Read more »
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
During a closed-door lunch last week with some of his most vulnerable incumbents, House Democrats’ campaign chief delivered a blunt warning: If the midterms were held now, they would lose the majority. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) followed that bleak forecast, which was confirmed by multiple people familiar with the […] Read more »
Trump remains the key to 2022
… Democrats’ best chance of holding the House and the Senate next year is by keeping the focus on Trump — by exposing what he did as president to undermine the rule of law and to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election. Keeping the attention on Trump […] Read more »
AP-NORC poll: Democrats optimistic but divided on compromise
Six months into Democrats’ unified control of Washington, most Democrats are on board with President Joe Biden and where he’s trying to take the country — even if they’re divided on how to get there. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 6 in […] Read more »
Redistricting in America, Part Two: The Dark Red Greater South
Key Points• Republicans dominate redistricting in a number of small-to-medium-sized states in the Deep South and Greater Appalachia.• The GOP also already holds the lion’s share of seats in these states, but they may be able to squeeze a bit more out of them.• Democrats are hoping the courts could […] Read more »
Views on the Republican Party’s Priorities, Leadership, and Future
Most Republicans want former President Donald Trump to have at least some influence on the direction of the Republican Party, though fewer than half are optimistic about the party’s future. Republicans are also sour on the direction of the country, the state of politics, and the state of democracy. Overall, […] Read more »