The Weekly Standard announced last week that, after a 23-year run, it would cease publication. The closure of the prominent conservative news outlet isn’t just a tragedy for the field of journalism—it’s a scary sign for the future of the Republican Party. Specifically, its demise signals, in many ways, the […] Read more »
How Red-State Democrats Became An Endangered Species In The Senate
One theme of the 2018 election was that Democratic senators from rural, red states became an endangered breed. Three Democratic senators on deep-red turf — Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota — lost their seats. Two others managed to squeak out wins […] Read more »
All Is Not Lost for Republicans in the Suburbs
Will Ferrell once joked about his all-too-normal, stress-free upbringing: “Maybe that’s where comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs.” Safe? Boring? Not any more, especially not for Republicans this year. It was suburban voters — women and men — who voted Republican in 2010, […] Read more »
America’s Electoral Map Is Changing
Today’s political landscape is often dismissed as a partisan deadlock in which the vast majority of voters have already made up their minds and will only dig their feet in further with each passing news cycle. And the data speaks for itself: People seemed to choose party over candidate in […] Read more »
It’s the populism, stupid.
Young or old? Female or male? White, black or Latino? The first stage of the 2020 presidential campaign — the jockeying stage — is underway, and Democrats are trying to figure out who the ideal candidate is. They’re asking the wrong questions, though. Demographic identity matters much less than people […] Read more »
Poll Hub: The President & the Polls
In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst & Atlantic Media’s Senior Editor, joins the conversation. On tap this week is a deep dive into the latest national NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist Poll. Why hasn’t President Donald Trump’s approval rating moved? What is the trade President […] Read more »