Georgia Republicans last week rejected two malignant trends within their party — one less conspicuous, but no less important, than the other. Best-known is the “Big Lie” about the 2020 election. By renominating Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the Peach State GOP rejected former President Donald […] Read more »
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
… Christian nationalism is emerging alongside and in some cases overlapping with other right-wing movements, such as the conspiratorial QAnon, white supremacy, and denialism over COVID-19 and the 2020 election. Christian prayers and symbols featured prominently in and around the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection there. … […] Read more »
Georgia was an aberration: The GOP is still closer to Donald Trump than it is to Mike Pence
Tuesday marked the worst performance this primary season for high-profile candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump. … But if it was a bad day for Trump, it was a good one for his former vice president. … The current President (Joe Biden) was once a vice president, so it […] Read more »
Democrats Biggest Opponent In 2022: Economic Headwinds
… In a year where the environment is relatively neutral, the specific candidates matter more. But, in a year like this one, where more than 70 percent of Americans think the country in on the wrong track, where inflation is at a 30-40 year high, and where a stubbornly strong […] Read more »
Voters Have Come To Accept, or Even Demand, the Unorthodox
It seems that almost every week we see primary-election outcomes that not too long ago would have seemed highly unlikely, if not downright preposterous. Candidates in both parties who would have been seen as unorthodox, eccentric, or even extreme a decade or two ago are now winning nominations in unusual […] Read more »
A third Trump miss in Georgia
The size of the GOP incumbents’ victories in the Georgia primary results reflects a forward-looking Republican electorate that has moved beyond the 2020 elections and the disastrous loss of two Senate seats. … While Trump remains a popular figure with many Republicans, for Georgia voters, this wasn’t an election about […] Read more »