Among the many moving parts of elections, the behavior of undecided voters can be among the toughest to suss out. Some don’t make up their minds until the last few days of a campaign, even on the last day. Some never do and either don’t vote at all or skip […] Read more »
Can Biden’s green agenda break the ‘brown blockade’?
President-elect Joe Biden has committed more explicitly than any nominee before him to dramatic steps against the climate crisis, but he faces the same geographic puzzle that has precluded congressional action on the challenge for years. Although Biden won the popular vote by a margin well over 5 million and […] Read more »
A country in a whole lot of trouble
… The America of the ’40s and ’50s is disappearing, but those who want to hang on to that era — including older whites and their (mostly male) offspring — are not letting it go without a fight. Yes, there have been economic changes that have hurt working-class whites and […] Read more »
How House Republicans won over Biden voters
Since Election Day, there’s been heated debate over whether the results underscored our country’s rampant tribalism, or efforts to win over persuadable voters in the middle actually worked. The short answer is both. President-elect Joe Biden outperformed Hillary Clinton by a small but critical margin in key battleground states, improving […] Read more »
Vote in 2020 shows changing battleground map
The Electoral College ensures that every four years the race for the White House comes down to a few state battlegrounds that ultimately decide the winner. But those battlegrounds can change and in the last five presidential elections they have moved more than people think. This year there were eight […] Read more »
With Trench Warfare Deepening, Parties Face Unsettled Electoral Map
… With 306 Electoral College votes and the most popular votes of any presidential candidate in history, Mr. Biden attained a victory that was paramount to many Democrats, who saw a second Trump term as nothing less than a threat to democracy. Yet on the electoral landscape, both parties find […] Read more »