Do politicians care what voters want? New evidence may suggest they don’t — and many voters are skeptical, too. A 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center reports that less than half the country says elected officials care what ordinary people think. In reality, policy outcomes at the state, congressional […] Read more »
Most moderate GOP voices on immigration were wiped out in the 2018 Democratic wave
Following President Donald Trump’s racist tweets this weekend telling “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen [to…] go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” only a small number of Republican members of Congress have been willing to critique Trump. … We can peg Republican silence […] Read more »
The 2020 Elections and the Future of American Politics
Political prognostication, by Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas. CONT. – pdf Read more »
A Blaring Message in Republicans’ Muted Criticism: It’s Trump’s Party
The lack of widespread Republican condemnation of President Trump for his comments about four Democratic congresswomen of color illustrated both the tightening stranglehold Mr. Trump has on his party and the belief of many Republicans that an attack on progressivism should in fact be a central element of the 2020 […] Read more »
Democrats debate how far left is too far left as they prepare to take on Trump
The past few weeks have put on remarkable display just how far to the left the Democratic Party has moved, with many in the 2020 presidential field now embracing previously untouchable positions on health care and immigration. … The high-profile shifts on issues that voters say they care about most […] Read more »
Parties Face ‘Crackup’ as Outsiders Wield Social Media Against the Establishment
On the night that he conceded defeat in 1992 after the most successful independent presidential campaign of the last century, Ross Perot made it clear that he was not done shaking up the established order. “Believe me,” he declared, “the system needs some shocks.” So perhaps it was only fitting […] Read more »