On Election Day of 2014, Republicans won a big victory. And it really was a “Wave” victory, bigger than 2010 in a lot of important ways despite the fact that you’d never know it listening to the mainstream media. Just because it was more or less expected doesn’t make it […] Read more »
Voters to Washington in 2014: ‘Fix It’
For President Obama and Democrats who were on the ballot this year, 2014 was a reflection of the Administration’s record and the reality that the patience of the American people had come to an end. The President found himself in the unenviable position of a football coach brought in to […] Read more »
Demise of the Southern Democrat Is Now Nearly Complete
… If Mary Landrieu, a Democratic senator from Louisiana, loses re-election in Saturday’s runoff election, as expected, the Republicans will have vanquished the last vestige of Democratic strength in the once solidly Democratic Deep South. … The dramatic decline of the Southern Democrats represents the culmination of a half-century of […] Read more »
What the Non-Voters Decided
The story of the Democrats’ stinging defeat in the 2014 midterm elections is as well-told by the millions of Americans who did not cast ballots on Election Day as by those who did. The United States Election Project estimated voter turnout at 36.2%, the lowest since 1942. CONT. E.J. Dionne, […] Read more »
For GOP, demographic opportunities, challenges await
The influence of ongoing demographic changes on politics is a familiar story. Given current voting patterns, the increasing diversity in the population is likely to work to the advantage of Democrats in future presidential elections. For Republicans, the question is not just how, but whether they can bend the curve. […] Read more »
No New Diversity in GOP’s Newly Won Districts
House Republicans had a good midterm election, giving them the biggest majority they’ve held since the 1920s and — coupled with the GOP’s new Senate majority — prompting some in Washington to talk about a more productive 114th Congress. But as the Republicans have expanded their territory, there’s a curious […] Read more »