… Conservatives genuinely believe themselves to be confronting an ever-changing, ever-expanding list of progressive demands backed up by the left’s considerable cultural and political power. The right would be far less politically effective if the left did not continually provide it with evidence to verify the accusation. This doesn’t at […] Read more »
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
Congress is out of session with lawmakers back home for the holiday recess — a traditional time for fireworks, parades, and yes, politicking. The fight for control of the evenly divided Senate will be the most dramatic showdown of 2022, and based on the candidates who have jumped in so […] Read more »
Why America’s Politics Are Stubbornly Fixed, Despite Momentous Changes
… A Pew Research Center study of the 2020 election results released this past week showed exactly what scale of voter movement is possible in the political climate of the Trump era and its immediate aftermath. The electorate is not entirely frozen, but each little shift in one party’s favor […] Read more »
Yes, Democrats are bickering. But Biden’s wish list is gaining traction
As he pursues his $4-trillion domestic spending wish list, President Biden has had a lot more than Republican opposition to contend with. He has found himself squeezed between two wings of his own party: progressives who want the biggest possible expansion of federal programs and moderates like Sen. Joe Manchin […] Read more »
The Most Complete Picture Yet of America’s Changing Electorate
… Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released its eagerly awaited Validated Voters survey. Pew builds its findings by surveying adults it can identify as definitely having voted in November based on voting records, a methodology many analysts favor. … The principal data sources about 2020 have converged to a striking […] Read more »
Democrats Face an Economic Trust Gap in 2022
Third Way’s latest national survey with ALG Research finds that Democrats suffer from an economic trust gap that may impact the party at the ballot box if action is not taken ahead of the 2022 midterm election. This trust gap is the belief among voters that Republicans instead of Democrats […] Read more »