The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday marked a milestone in California politics: Orange County, once a bastion of Republican politics in the state and nationally, now has more registered Democrats than Republicans. This is not, however, simply some sort of reaction to the current occupant of the White House from […] Read more »
Did El Paso show us that white supremacists are a serious threat? Few Republicans think so.
Last weekend’s mass shooting in El Paso has refocused the nation’s attention on the threat of white supremacism. … Over the past decade, right-wing extremist killings have outnumbered those by Islamist extremists about 3 to 1 in the United States. Yet while there is a widespread and bipartisan consensus that […] Read more »
What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential election
People watch the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates at Shaw’s Tavern in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2019. AP/Andrew Harnik Austin Sarat, Amherst College Fresh evidence of the nastiness and divisiveness of the 2020 presidential election emerges every day. President Trump has let loose a storm of invective over […] Read more »
Republicans Now Are More Open to the Idea of Expanding Presidential Power
Most Americans continue to say that it would be “too risky” to give the nation’s presidents more power, but the share expressing this opinion has declined since last year, with most of the change coming among Republicans. Currently, 66% of the public says “it would be too risky to give […] Read more »
Opposing Forces: Issues Dividing Voters Ahead of Election 2020
As the Democratic presidential primary swings into full gear, voters and strategists are asking themselves what kind of campaign messaging can defeat President Donald Trump when it comes to economics and immigration. … Meanwhile, Republican strategists are wondering whether a replay of the immigration-heavy 2018 midterm election strategy can work […] Read more »
2020 takes on new clarity & urgency
Most commentators are failing to read how ordinary Americans, independents, some Republicans and Democrats, are responding to President Trump and how determined they are to bring an end to his presidency and its defining fight against immigration and a multicultural America. Voters are paying intense attention to politics, and their […] Read more »