On the night that he conceded defeat in 1992 after the most successful independent presidential campaign of the last century, Ross Perot made it clear that he was not done shaking up the established order. “Believe me,” he declared, “the system needs some shocks.” So perhaps it was only fitting […] Read more »
Trump just launched the newest phase of the GOP’s romance with right-wing media
On Thursday, the White House hosted a summit of right-wing social media gadflies designed to highlight purported bias by major tech and social media companies. While this event seemed uniquely Trumpian with its inclusion of conspiracy theorists and peddlers of nutty ideas — people like Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft, Project […] Read more »
An early look at the 2020 class of swing voters
The vast majority of American voters are locked in on their feelings about President Trump and whether they will support him or a Democrat in the 2020 general election. Believe it or not, a sizable share of voters’ 2020 support is not set in stone. … We took a closer […] Read more »
Trump Supporters Are More Likely to Vote Than Trump Opponents
Given the party’s recent recapture of the House of Representatives, Democrats are feeling optimistic about their chances of denying Donald Trump a second term as president. But new research indicates they still face a huge problem: Getting their voters to the polls. A study based on recently released data finds […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Gamble on Health Care for the Undocumented
Anxiety spiked among many centrist Democrats when all 10 presidential candidates at a recent debate raised their hand, as if pledging allegiance, to declare they would support providing health care to undocumented immigrants. The image, which drew instant ridicule from President Donald Trump on Twitter, seemed to encapsulate the primary’s […] Read more »
Politicians often overlook Asian American voters. They shouldn’t, especially in 2020.
Every analyst, strategist, reporter and armchair pundit has a preferred group Democrats should woo to win the White House in 2020: blue-collar white Democrats who voted for Trump, the women who fueled the suburban revolt of 2018, the black voters whose high turnout rates helped President Barack Obama win the […] Read more »