Population trends are working against the Republican Party — at least that’s what we’ve been told. But a combination of the 2016 presidential results and early looks at reapportionment after the 2020 census shows that the short-term changes may not be as dramatic as once believed. Fifteen states are likely to gain or lose a […]
In the wake of elections, there’s a common refrain and an implicit mandate: “come together.” But unity might not just only be impossible under the circumstances, I’m not convinced most Americans even want it. “I say it is time for us to come together as one united people,” President-elect Donald Trump said in his election […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to have a narrow but distinct advantage over Donald Trump in the presidential race, but one state that President Barack Obama won twice looks to have slipped away from the Democrat’s reach. Obama won Iowa twice with little fanfare, but Trump is well-positioned to win the Hawkeye State’s […]
Just when editorial boards are coming off the sidelines to endorse in the presidential race, it’s time to do just the opposite. After 34 years of not endorsing a presidential candidate, USA Today published “Trump is ‘unfit for the presidency’” on Sept. 30. It’s the first time the paper has taken stand in a presidential […]
Less than a month ago, Republicans tabled their “check-and-balance” strategy as Donald Trump creeped closer to Hillary Clinton in the polls. “We were in the ICU, flatlining,” a Republican operative told Roll Call’s Alex Roarty. “We’re still in the hospital, but we’re in the normal room now.” But now, as audio evidence surfaced and made […]