Our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll had plenty of numbers to cheer Democrats up, including a 10-point advantage on the generic ballot and a 16-point cushion over GOP voters when it comes to having a high level of interest in the November election. But there may also be a […] Read more »
Obamacare used to be political poison for Democrats. Now they see it as a winning prescription — even in red states
For years Democrats ran from the healthcare issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was. Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House. […] Read more »
Democrats’ October ‘surprise’ in the midterms? Hint: It has to do with health care costs
… Insurers in Maryland, New York and Washington have already submitted requests for premium increases averaging 19 percent to 30 percent statewide, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. It’s an October “surprise” that everyone sees coming, including Democrats trying to take back the House and Senate. … In focus groups […] Read more »
Democrats Don’t Need a Message. They Have Trump.
… Midterm elections are about grievances, often directed against an incumbent president. There are more than four-dozen competitive House races, and Democrats may settle on similar themes. But they don’t need a single agenda. … The anti-Trump message will resonate almost everywhere. In some places, it’ll amount to an all-out […] Read more »
Turning Affluent Suburbs Blue Isn’t Worth the Cost
Democratic politicians and strategists identify a “suburban revolt” against President Trump and right-wing Republican extremism as the key to victory in the 2018 and 2020 elections. … The suburban vote has been closely divided since the 1990s. Barack Obama held his final campaign rally in 2008 in an exurb of […] Read more »
If There’s a Red Wave Election in 2018, This Will Be Why
As primaries roll by and the midterms approach, it’s worth remembering that for Republicans 2016 represented an opportunity more than a victory. It was a chance for them to help the country break the 30-year-spell the Clintons and the Bushes cast, President Barack Obama notwithstanding. It was also a chance […] Read more »