As we head into the 2018 primary election season, some reporters and pundits have raised the question of whether Democratic nomination contests will turn into activist-fueled ideological purity tests—in other words, a liberal version of the Tea Party movement that has so famously roiled the Republican Party over the past […] Read more »
Congressional Swing Districts Poll Results
Our new Lake Research Partners poll of voters in 30 targeted swing districts finds that progressive Democrats have a tremendous opportunity in the 2018 election to win these districts, and they can run and win on progressive policies. We found that in these districts, mostly held by Republican incumbents, voters […] Read more »
Are We Seeing The Start Of A Liberal Tea Party?
It’s hard not to compare the 2018 midterms to the 2010 midterms. A controversial president sits in the Oval Office. Resistance to his major policies spurs protests and grassroots activism. Special-election results portend a massive electoral wave that threatens to kneecap his ability to govern. So with the first primaries […] Read more »
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters’ Party Identification
As the 2018 midterm elections approach, women and especially college graduates have moved toward the Democratic Party. By contrast, the Republican Party’s advantage in leaned party identification among white voters without a college degree has never been greater, dating back more than two decades. While partisanship among voters usually does […] Read more »
Elites v. Populists: The conflict goes back at least 500 years
How to deal with the Trump-supporting working class? Since the election, that question has rippled through liberal circles. Should white workers be condemned and quarantined, or cultivated and persuaded? The debate is not new. A version of it played out 500 years ago, between Erasmus of Rotterdam, the greatest of […] Read more »
The Bobby Kennedy Pathway
After the 2016 election, many progressives were furious to learn that 22 percent of the working-class whites who once supported President Barack Obama voted for Donald Trump. How could the same people back two political figures with such diametrically opposed approaches, particularly on the defining issue of race? As we […] Read more »