A sense of doom spread not long ago among weary Florida Democrats, and not over a viral pandemic. They had lost winnable races for governor and Senate two years ago in nail-biter recounts. Many now feared that the state’s voters, with their reflexive disdain for political revolution, would spurn Bernie […] Read more »
What Voters Want in 2020
A few months ago, I did my best Frank Luntz impression with four different focus groups of swing voters in states that will help decide the 2020 election. This was a project for the second season of The Wilderness, a podcast I host about how the Democratic Party can win […] Read more »
President Launches ‘Evangelicals For Trump’ Coalition
President Trump has launched something he’s calling an “Evangelicals for Trump” coalition in support of his re-election. Tom Gjelten, All Things Considered, NPR News Read more »
New electoral map comes into focus ahead of 2020 census
The coming year is going to be about more than choosing a new president; it’s going to be about creating a new Electoral College map. The 2020 Census will lead to a new congressional apportionment that will lead to a new path to the 270 electoral votes for winning the […] Read more »
Trump courts Latinos in Miami as part of launch of evangelical coalition
In a 75-minute rally-style address — but with more religious overtones — Trump touted his record on social issues and noted that the evangelical vote helped power his improbable victory in 2016, proclaiming: “We’re gonna blow those numbers away in 2020.” “Evangelicals . . . have never had a greater champion, not […] Read more »
Gerrymandering is alive and well. The coming battle will be bigger than ever.
The gerrymandering wars are heading South. A number of Southern states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, are prime targets for partisan gerrymandering as the congressional redistricting process gets underway after next year’s statehouse elections, experts said. … America’s decennial congressional redistricting process — when roughly even-sized House districts […] Read more »