The midterm election now just over eight weeks away is shaping up as a seismic collision between two powerful and competing forces, a rip-roaring national economy and a deeply polarizing and unpopular president. At stake on Nov. 6 is not just control of Congress but the fate of President Trump […] Read more »
Trump and the Koch Brothers Are Working in Concert
President Trump and the Koch brothers have made it clear that they don’t like each other. Politically speaking, they are in fundamental disagreement over trade, tariffs and immigration. Nonetheless, there is a functional Trump-Koch alliance, and the Republican Party has capitalized handsomely on it. Trump’s racially freighted, anti-immigrant rhetoric has […] Read more »
Senate 2018: At Least for Now, the Elephant Endures
With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, the race to Election Day is on. The national picture remains favorable to Democrats, but because of the Senate playing field, the Republican majority still will be difficult for Democrats to dislodge even in an optimal environment. One oddity as we reach the […] Read more »
NBC/Marist poll: Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight edge in Indiana Senate race
Democratic Senate incumbent Joe Donnelly has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mike Braun in Indiana’s closely-watched Senate contest, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll. … Donnelly, a low-key freshman senator in a state that voted for President Donald Trump by nearly 20 points, has long been considered one […] Read more »
Why red and blue states divide over green policy
President Donald Trump’s drive to rescind the federal efforts to combat global climate change is highlighting another chasm between Republican- and Democratic-leaning states. … In the presidential Electoral College and the Senate, Republicans rely overwhelmingly on the states most tightly bound to the fossil fuel economy — as producers, consumers […] Read more »
New Poll Finds Latino Voters Still Ignored in Lead Up to Election 2018
As Latino voters prepare to head to the polls in less than two months, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the first wave of a ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. … “This poll confirms what […] Read more »