The House of Representatives made history Wednesday, impeaching a president for just the third time. It made for an occasion that was both momentous and monotonous. Momentous in that Donald J. Trump appears likely to be the first impeached president who will nonetheless appear on general election ballots after that […] Read more »
Wisconsin: 2020’s Ground Zero
As 2019 closes out, it may be worth looking to one of the states that is expected to play an outsized role in next year’s presidential election: Wisconsin. The Badger State was truly decisive in 2016: While it’s easy to lump it in with Michigan and Pennsylvania as the three […] Read more »
DemDebatesSoWhite?
This week, we preview the final Democratic primary debate of 2019, and discuss how the DNC debate qualifications may be affecting the field. The Forecast Fest Read more »
The House Has Impeached President Trump. Here’s What We Learned.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday, making him just the third president ever to be impeached. … At the moment, impeachment appears likely to end up serving mostly as a stern condemnation of Trump’s actions by House Democrats. Still, the impeachment of a president is […] Read more »
Democrats Never Gave Bill Clinton a Free Pass
As the House prepares to vote on impeaching President Trump, there is no doubt that the Republican Party is behind him. Not a single House Republican voted to open an impeachment inquiry, and party officials have faithfully defended the president by denying facts and evidence that are beyond dispute and […] Read more »
What Unites Republicans May Be Changing. Same With Democrats.
In a book released on the eve of the 2016 election called “Asymmetric Politics,” political scientists Matthew Grossmann and David Hopkins argued that America’s political parties don’t just have different ideologies, but are really different kinds of organizations. “Republicans are organized around broad symbolic principles, whereas Democrats are a coalition […] Read more »