Republicans started the day losing the Senate. They ended it with President Donald Trump’s supporters losing their minds. Jan. 6, 2021 might have been remembered for an intraparty battle over whether to certify Joe Biden’s election win or who to blame for the Georgia defeats. But instead it will go […] Read more »
The Democrats’ 51% Trifecta
Key Points• With apparent victories in the Georgia Senate runoffs, Democrats have captured a narrow governing trifecta — control of the White House, Senate, and House.• Republicans got a sizable Election Day turnout, but Democrats built a big enough lead in pre-Election Day voting to withstand their onslaught.• Republicans will […] Read more »
America united in opposition to the pro-Trump mob assaulting the Capitol
In snap polling conducted the evening of January 6 as the events in the U.S. Capitol unfolded, Ipsos finds that the large majority of Americans oppose the protestors who broke into the capitol during the election certification, and half see it as an attempted coup. CONTINUED Ipsos The OPINION TODAY email […] Read more »
GOP traditionalists showing resilience against the Kraken
… Damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Side with a nihilistic base, and the party could kneecap itself in swing states and districts going forward—ahead of a midterm in which Republicans have a very real chance of recapturing a House majority and winning the Senate, no less. But […] Read more »
The Price Republicans Paid in Georgia
The probability that Republicans will lose both of this week’s Senate runoff elections in Georgia crystallizes the risk the party has accepted by allowing Donald Trump to refashion the GOP in his image. In a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 2000, Democrats now appear to have elected […] Read more »
Black, liberal voters boost Warnock to projected Senate win in Georgia
Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, NBC News projects, in one of the two Georgia runoffs that will determine which party controls the Senate. Warnock won the support of traditional voting blocs for Democrats — 92 percent of Black voters, 92 percent of liberals, 67 percent […] Read more »