… It was clear from the start that Mrs. Clinton was struggling to reassemble the Obama coalition. At every point of the race, Mr. Trump was doing better among white voters without a college degree than Mitt Romney did in 2012 — by a wide margin. Mrs. Clinton was also […] Read more »
Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats?
President Obama will be remembered as a thoughtful and dignified president who led a scrupulously honest administration that achieved major changes. … To be truly transformative in the way he wanted, however, his success had to translate into electoral gains for those who shared his vision and wanted to reform […] Read more »
Split decision: Americans assess Obama’s legacy
Americans in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll rate the Affordable Care Act as President Obama’s greatest achievement in the White House. Also, as his biggest failure. … About a third of those surveyed say Obama ultimately will be seen as a “good” president; 18% say he’ll be a “great” […] Read more »
West Virginia: How the Bluest State Became the Reddest
The American political landscape has changed a lot over the past 25 years but there is no more dramatic shift than the one that has pushed this state from deep blue to ruby red. In the 1992 presidential election, Democrat Bill Clinton won West Virginia by a solid 13 percentage […] Read more »
The End of the 114th Congress
The 114th Congress has finally ended. The most polarized Congress since the early 20th Century and one where almost all issues have been drawn into the first dimension [we will address dimensionality in a future post; the current period is unique in American history]. CONT. Voteview Read more »
56 Interesting Facts About the 2016 Election
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s victory was definitely THE most interesting thing that happened in the 2016 election, but it certainly wasn’t the only interesting thing. In keeping with our end-of-cycle tradition, we found 56 more interesting things to tide you over during the holidays as we take a well-earned […] Read more »