If you’re on any Republican list, you’ve undoubtedly received emails from one of the GOP campaign committees or a Capitol Hill communications staffer calling the Democrats “socialists.” To those of us who were around in the 1980s and 1990s, that’s nothing new. We remember the late GOP campaign consultant Arthur […] Read more »
A New Study Confirms (Again) That Race, Not Economics, Drove Former Democrats To Trump
… “Economic distress is not a significant factor in explaining the shift in Iowa voters from Democrat to Republican between 2008 and 2016,” write Iowa State University sociologists Ann Oberhauser, Daniel Krier, and Abdi Kusow. “The election outcomes do not signify [a revolt] among working-class voters left behind by globalization.” […] Read more »
In Pennsylvania, Joe Biden Finds Support Where He Most Needs It
The case for Joseph R. Biden Jr. has always come down to Pennsylvania. … Mr. Biden’s entry was met, particularly on social media, by a chorus of doubts at times bordering on derision from critics and progressive activists who questioned his age, his status as a white man and his […] Read more »
AP-NORC Poll: Democrats are trusted more on health care
Americans are giving Democrats a clear edge on health care as the 2020 presidential race gears up, according to a new poll that also finds many Republicans backing one of their competitors’ top ideas: a government insurance plan people can buy into. … Overall, The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public […] Read more »
Math favors Senate Democrats in 2020, but geography gives GOP the advantage
A sprawling field of Democratic presidential candidates have spent months proffering ambitious policy proposals — from universal health care to an expanded Supreme Court — while debating whether they would eliminate the Senate filibuster to implement them with a simple majority vote. But there’s a catch: There’s a good chance […] Read more »
The Political Risk of Impeachment
Democrats face a choice. We’ve heard many say President Trump is unqualified and unworthy of being president; that he has behaved in ways beneath his position and that he has betrayed the office—and because of his actions and words, he deserves to be impeached and removed from power. … Any […] Read more »