This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Political partisans are always dreaming of final victories. Each election raises…
Read more What Does the Working Class Really Want?Last week, when The New York Times and Siena College released a poll that showed President Joe Biden in trouble in battleground states, Democrats began to sound apocalyptic.…
Read more Why a Blue-Leaning Swing State Is Getting RedderThis should be a window of widening opportunity and optimism for the Republicans chasing Donald Trump, the commanding front-runner in the 2024 GOP presidential race. Instead, this is…
Read more What It Would Take to Beat Trump in the PrimariesBy almost any historic yardstick, President Joe Biden is beginning the reelection campaign he formally announced today in a vulnerable position. His job-approval rating has consistently come in…
Read more Joe Biden Isn’t Popular. That Might Not Matter in 2024.The most important election of 2023 may also offer crucial insights into the most important election of 2024. Next Tuesday’s vote for an open seat on the Wisconsin…
Read more The Election You Shouldn’t Look Away FromThe escalating confrontation between the parties over the federal budget rests on a fundamental paradox: The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is now more likely than…
Read more How Working-Class White Voters Became the GOP’s FoundationPresident Joe Biden is following a strategy of asymmetrical warfare as the 2024 presidential race takes shape. Through the early maneuvering, the leading Republican candidates, particularly former President…
Read more The Topic Biden Keeps DodgingWhen President Joe Biden visited Kentucky yesterday to tout a new bridge project, most media attention focused on his embrace of bipartisanship. And indeed Biden, against the backdrop…
Read more Biden’s Blue-Collar BetEven before Donald Trump announced he was seeking the presidency again, last week’s election results showed Republicans how difficult it will be to escape the former president’s gravitational…
Read more Is Trump Still a Viable Candidate? Yes and No.Senator Ron Johnson has survived another hairy reelection bid to win a third term in Wisconsin. This time, however, no one should be surprised. Six years ago, Johnson’s…
Read more Ron Johnson Does It AgainThe coalition of voters who turned out to oppose Donald Trump in 2018 and 2020 largely reassembled yesterday, frustrating Republican expectations of a sweeping red wave. Under the…
Read more How Democrats Avoided a Red WaveThe two major factors shaping the 2022 midterm elections collided in tumultuous fashion on Tuesday morning. First came the government report that inflation last month had increased faster…
Read more Why This Election Is So WeirdIf Democrats avoid the worst outcome in November’s midterm elections, the principal reason will likely be the GOP’s failure to reverse its decline in white-collar suburbs during the…
Read more Democrats Might Avoid a Midterm Wipeout
