The midterms are over, and the 2020 presidential election begins in earnest. How do things look for President Trump’s re-election? Thirty-nine percent of voters think he will be re-elected, according to a new Fox News poll. CONT. Dana Blanton, Fox News Read more »
Older Voters Have Favored the G.O.P. Can Democrats Pry Some Away?
Senior power is the sleeping giant of American politics. … Older Americans’ collective voting clout has usually been fragmented by more salient variables of race, religion, ideology-party, class, gender or family status. But that is changing: Age and race have begun to coalesce in a manner that should alarm Democrats. […] Read more »
Democrats Favor More Moderate Party; GOP, More Conservative
Given a choice, 54% of rank-and-file Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents would prefer that their party move closer to the center, and 41% would rather it shift further left. At the same time, rank-and-file Republicans and Republican-leaning independents favor a shift to the right for their party, as 57% say they […] Read more »
Introducing The Cook Political Report’s 2020 House Ratings
The 116th Congress hasn’t even been sworn in yet, and there’s still no resolution in sight to one North Carolina race tainted by election fraud. But already, the 2020 battle for the House is shaping up to be highly competitive. The race for the White House is set to overshadow […] Read more »
Enemies of democracy
Republicans probably don’t think of themselves as enemies of democracy. And many aren’t. But notwithstanding their self-perception, the actions of some GOPers put our democracy at grave risk. Robert Dahl, the preeminent theorist of democracy, identified “voting equality” as one of its central criteria — “each member must be ensured […] Read more »
White Voters Without A Degree Remained Staunchly Republican In 2018
… In 2016, educational divides emerged as one of the top explanations of voters’ choices: White voters without a bachelor’s degree made up the Republican base, while a coalition of nonwhite voters and white college graduates formed the Democratic base. The 2018 midterms seemed to continue what we saw in […] Read more »