Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is one of the most powerful men in Washington. With Democrats holding a one-vote majority in the Senate (thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris casting any tie-breaking vote), he can make or break a lot of bills for them. Manchin’s moderate record, however, […] Read more »
How Democrats Found Thousands Of New Voters And Flipped Georgia’s Senate Seats
It’s been about a month since Democrats flipped Georgia’s two Senate seats in high profile January runoffs, sending Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to Washington and handing the party narrow control of the chamber. One key to the stunning upsets were the roughly 225,000 new voters who didn’t vote in […] Read more »
How the GOP institutionalists are losing the larger battle
We saw two ends of the Republican Party attacked this week. Rep. Liz Cheney successfully fought off an intraparty challenge for her spot in the House GOP leadership. And Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was stripped of committee memberships by the full House, after the Republicans refused to do it themselves. […] Read more »
There is no singular Trump voter
The motivation behind voters’ support for President Donald Trump has been a source of intense speculation ever since he burst onto the political scene. But there is no singular “Trump voter.” Despite how it is often portrayed in the media, Trump’s coalition is ideologically and demographically diverse. That’s according to […] Read more »
The Challenge of Going It Alone
The last time we had a Senate divided at 50/50 was back in 2001. It only stayed that way until May of 2001 when Vermont Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords switched parties, giving Democrats 51 seats. But, the make-up of the Senate was much less polarized than it is today. In […] Read more »
Biden’s Policies Are Popular. What Does That Mean for Republicans?
The American public has given President Biden favorable reviews since he took office last month, and the policies that he is hurrying to put in place appear broadly popular, according to polls. And notably, as he signs a wave of executive actions and pushes a major $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief […] Read more »