Voters went to the polls in no fewer than 39 states on Tuesday, weighing in on governorships and obscure ballot initiatives alike. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, election analysts Nathaniel Rakich and Geoffrey Skelley break down what the results tell us about the national environment and whether […] Read more »
Trump and Republicans have a suburban problem
President Donald Trump’s Republican Party has a suburban problem, and it’s not clear that they know what to do about it. As urban areas become more Democratic leaning and rural areas move to the right, the suburbs are likely going to be where the 2020 election is decided. Tuesday’s elections […] Read more »
Suburban revolt boosts Democrats on Election Day in the age of Trump
The revenge of the suburbs continues in the age of President Donald Trump. On yet another Election Day, the president’s disruptive style and conservative policy pushes brought a clearly identifiable backlash. … The results serve as a counterweight to the unquestioned popularity of Trump inside a large swatch of his […] Read more »
7 Things I Think I Think After the 2019 Elections
Voters in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Virginia were gracious enough to go to the polls on Tuesday and give us some tangible results to chew over with 12 months to go before the 2020 elections. Here are some thoughts. Kentucky was not an upset. CONT. Nathan L. Gonzales, Inside Elections Read more »
Tuesday’s elections highlight the anti-Trump fervor in America’s suburbs
There was mostly bad news for Republicans in Tuesday’s elections, but the most concerning of all for party leaders should be the Democrats’ steady march in converting suburban America into a political stronghold during the era of President Trump. Virginia’s dramatic and rapid transition from red to purple to blue […] Read more »
Kentucky outcome embarrasses Trump and worries many Republicans ahead of 2020
Democrats’ claim of victory Tuesday in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, as well as the Democratic takeover of the Virginia state legislature, left Republicans stumbling and increasingly uncertain about their own political fates next year tied to an embattled and unpopular president. Many allies of President Trump rushed to explain away the […] Read more »