Like a lot of people who pay attention to such things, I had assumed that Democrats had a huge advantage going into next year’s presidential race. Democrats do really well among the growing demographic groups, like Hispanics, single people and the young. Republicans, meanwhile, do doing sensationally well with just […] Read more »
The Political and Demographic Challenges of the 2016 Presidential Election
… We hear theories that the Republicans cannot win unless they nominate a transformational candidate who broadens the party’s coalition. But, we also hear theories that the way for the Republicans to win is to get out the “hidden” conservative/Tea Party majority. About the Democrats we hear that Clinton is […] Read more »
Do the Democrats and Israel Have a Future Together?
… While a deepening polarization among American Jews about Netanyahu puts Obama’s potential successor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a politically uncomfortable position, it is the transformation of Israel into a partisan issue that fills Democratic Jewish officials with dread. Clinton’s advisers can always take solace knowing that the Democratic base […] Read more »
Ohio Senate: The Last Ride of the Appalachian Democrat
The combination of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (president) and former Gov. Ted Strickland (Senate) as a Democratic “ticket” atop the ballot here next year would be a throwback. That’s not intended as a catty reminder that both Clinton (69 on Election Day 2016) and Strickland (75 on that […] Read more »
Fallout From the GOP’s Lack of Diversity
Ninety-five percent of self-identified Republican primary voters are white. … Nominating a candidate for president from an electorate that is less diverse than America was a century ago, when voting rights were limited to men ages 21 and over, is not good for the Republican Party or its eventual nominee. […] Read more »
Through a Glass Darkly: The outlook for the 2016 presidential election
… The identities of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will probably not be known until March or April 2016 at the earliest. But whether Hillary Clinton does or does not end up as the Democratic nominee, and regardless of who wins the Republican nomination, there are many things that […] Read more »