… Our focus on polling and other horse-race aspects of campaigns contributes to our tendency to conflate elections with sporting events rather than a consideration of competing ideas. Irresponsibly equating campaigns with boxing matches or pennant races — where one participant comes “off the mat” or another “makes up ground” […] Read more »
As tempting as it will be to ignore him, here’s why Trump will make news after leaving office
… Presidential candidates who lose a general election rarely run again, and they almost never win. … But Trump, who never felt bound by history or precedent, sounds as if he’s ready to try. Fresh from a walloping at the hands of Joe Biden, Trump is showing every sign of […] Read more »
Trumpism has never been about policy. It still isn’t.
The final week of 2020 offered clarity into the Republican Party’s future relationship with President Trump, because he’s about to lose the power that drove the GOP’s self-interested decision-making. While in the Oval Office, Trump has controlled the direction of his party, so it has made little strategic sense for […] Read more »
Democrats may make history in Georgia’s Senate runoffs
… It’s hard not to assign Perdue and Loeffler’s troubles at least partially to Trump. He was the weak link for Republicans running statewide in Georgia this past year. He lost by 0.2 points and his margin was more than a point worse than the Republican candidates in both Senate […] Read more »
Pence Welcomes Futile Bid by G.O.P. Lawmakers to Overturn Election
Vice President Mike Pence signaled support on Saturday for a futile Republican bid to overturn the election in Congress next week, after 11 Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory when the House and Senate meet to formally certify it. […] Read more »
How Trump made people care about politics again
Love him or hate him, President Donald Trump made most Americans feel strongly about politics in a way no politician has in our lifetimes. Record numbers of Americans felt strongly favorable or unfavorable toward Trump during his time in office. (The strongly favorable and unfavorable was 71% in a Fox […] Read more »