President Biden and congressional Democrats could look back at this year with pride and accomplishment, given their passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and the $1 trillion infrastructure package. But instead, the first session of the 117th Congress is now in the history books, and Democrats head into […] Read more »
Democrats Build Back Better Strategy Puts Democratic Incumbents in Jeopardy
… For the last few weeks, as BBB negotiations stumbled along, and Pres. Biden’s job approval ratings continued to slide, Democrats I spoke to were frustrated, but convinced that they would be able to wrap up the legislation soon enough. Then, the thinking went, they’d spend 2022 talking about popular […] Read more »
Many Latino Americans believe the Democratic and Republican parties take them for granted
A new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Telemundo finds that Latino Americans believe the Democratic Party cares about them more than the Republican Party. However, both parties are viewed similarly on key issues like the economy and crime. The poll also finds support for more lenient immigration policy though […] Read more »
How the War on Christmas Became America’s Latest Forever War
… You’d be forgiven for thinking the War on Christmas ended a long time ago, if it ever existed. Dec. 25 is still a holiday. Christmas trees, eggnog and lights are ubiquitous, seemingly more so every year. And if there was any doubt, Donald Trump — who proclaimed himself the […] Read more »
Will Trump Ruin a Red Wave in 2022?
… Mr. Trump remains the central figure in the G.O.P. Party elites try to ignore him as he spends many days fighting Republicans rather than Democrats and plotting his revenge against the 10 Republican House members who voted for his second impeachment, the seven Republican senators who voted to convict […] Read more »
Lessons on Latino Voters
Since the 2020 election, there has been a significant re-evaluation of Latino voters’ partisan leanings and policy preferences. These voters — long assumed to be a permanent part of the Democratic coalition — supported Pres. Trump in larger numbers than expected. A “post-mortem” report, released this week by Equis Research, […] Read more »