President Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential nominee to carry Pennsylvania since 1988. Doing so helped him secure victory nationally. On Tuesday, the first major statewide elections since 2016 take place in the Keystone State, and the Pennsylvania electorate looks to be in a far different mood. The state […] Read more »
How California became the blue state alternative to Trump
For the California economy, surf’s up. And that could hasten the end of a long drought for the state in presidential politics. In early May, California marked a striking milestone in its recovery from its economic tailspin earlier in the 2000s when new data showed the state has surged past […] Read more »
Many Republican Millennials differ with older party members on climate change and energy issues
There are significant divides between younger Republicans – Millennials born between 1981 and 1996 – and their elders in the GOP on a range of environmental and energy issues. One notable difference is that larger shares of GOP Millennials believe that the Earth is warming mostly due to human activity […] Read more »
CATS Roundtable: President Trump, the GOP brand and the midterm elections
John Catsimatidis speaks with Republican pollster John McLaughlin about President Trump, the GOP brand and the midterm elections. Read more »
Where Democrats agree on campaign messages — and their big division
Democrats know what they don’t want their candidates to talk about: President Trump’s scandals. They also know that they need to focus on GOP lawmakers’ votes for Trump’s agenda. They’re less unified on an agenda for the party. … House and Senate Democrats have already staked out their “Better Deal” […] Read more »
What We Can Learn From the Demise of Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed what had already been apparent for months: Congress is not going to enact infrastructure legislation this year. In its early weeks, Trump treated infrastructure investment as a major goal of his presidency; as recently as January’s State of the Union […] Read more »