… Carter is largely remembered as a feckless leader; even his own party tends to ignore his time in the White House. But he had a strong record on civil rights, and his work to advance the cause would have been far more consequential if his successor, Ronald Reagan, had […] Read more »
Clinton far more popular among women of color than among white women
Women of color still have Hillary Rodham Clinton’s back, giving the Democratic presidential candidate stellar favorable ratings even as her numbers have plunged among other groups — including white women — a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows. CONT. Vanessa Williams & Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
What Donald Trump Understands About Republicans
Donald Trump’s success is no surprise. The public and the press have focused on his defiant rejection of mannerly rhetoric, his putting into words of what others think privately. But the more important truth is that a half-century of Republican policies on race and immigration have made the party the […] Read more »
How Iowa’s Population Mix Might Scramble its High-Stakes Caucuses
… Though immigration has not been a central issue in local Iowa politics, attitudes about the growing racial diversity recasting this once monolithically white state could add an unpredictable new element to the presidential competition here. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, National Journal Read more »
Is There Room For Joe Biden In This Race?
Will Joe run? That’s Vice President Joe Biden, of course, and that’s been the topic in Washington this week as he’s publicly flirted with the idea. If Mr. Biden decides to run, the most difficult task for him may come in cobbling together a coalition capable of challenging Democratic front-runner […] Read more »
Trump Preaching to Shrinking White Electorate Creates Problems for GOP
… The Republican electoral coalition now relies on preponderant majorities from the groups most unsettled by demographic and cultural change: older, noncollege, and rural whites. There are no longer enough of those voters to guarantee Republicans a national majority; that’s why Democrats have won the popular vote in five of […] Read more »