… To democracy advocates, Democrats and others, the persistence of the GOP’s election denial shows how the Republican Party is increasingly open to bucking democratic norms, particularly the bipartisan respect traditionally afforded to election results even after a bitter campaign. That’s raising the prospect that if the GOP gains power […] Read more »
Watch What’s Happening in Red States
It’s not just voting rights. Though this year’s proliferation of bills restricting ballot access in red states has commanded national attention, it represents just one stream in a torrent of conservative legislation poised to remake the country. GOP-controlled states—including Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Iowa, and Montana—have advanced their most […] Read more »
Demographics were expected to push Florida left. Instead, they nudged it to the right.
Democrats are gaining ground in growing, urbanizing, racially diverse states. … But there’s an important exception to this pattern: Florida. Florida is home to expanding metros such as Miami, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. Almost half of Floridians are people of color, and the state’s population is increasing. Yet Florida voted […] Read more »
Independents Are Boosting Biden
Watching President Biden’s approval (and disapproval) ratings in the polls lately is about as exciting as watching paint dry. In five Gallup polls since taking office, his approval has ranged only 3 points, from 54 percent to 57 percent (Gallup is the only polling organization with data spanning the post-World […] Read more »
Biden makes boring great again
… Welcome to the Biden presidency, where a quiet normalcy has descended on the White House and critics are allowed to toss around the word “boring” without anybody taking offense. … While Trump never broke 50 percent in approval ratings, Biden has remained in the mid-50s throughout his first four […] Read more »
How Young G.O.P. Leaders Sold Out Their Generation
Once upon a time, a shiny new trio of young conservatives — Ryan Costello, Carlos Curbelo and Elise Stefanik — wanted to help build a modern, millennial Republican Party. The 30-somethings, all sworn into Congress in 2015, understood that millennials often agreed on many of the nation’s core problems, and […] Read more »