New York Just Cost Democrats Their Big Redistricting Advantage
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch — and don’t count your congressional districts until all the district reelection lawsuits are complete. On Wednesday the … Read more
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Is Manchin Duping Democrats Again?
Senator Joe Manchin speaking in early March about the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act. (Michael Brochstein / Sipa USA via AP Images)) Subscribe to the … Read more
What Democrats And Republicans Think Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
In Part I of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how Russia’s attack on Ukraine will affect US politics. Specifically, they explore how the … Read more
Texas Democrats Are Out to Prove “Medicare for All” Is a Winning Issue
Democratic congressional candidates Jessica Cisneros, left, and Grag Casar, right, speak to the press before a rally on February 12 in San Antonio. (Eric Gay/AP … Read more
Progressive Democrats Are Gaining Ground in Texas
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, center, joins a rally for Democratic Congressional candidates Jessica Cisneros, left, and Greg Casar, right, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in San … Read more
Democrats Have Been Souring On Biden Since Last Summer
in a moment of deep political glory, having faith in any politician might feel like a dangerous game. But starting with President Biden’s victory in … Read more
Confidence Interval: Will Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Motivate Republican Voters More Than Democrats?
It’s time for another episode of Confidence Interval, where we share a hot take we’ve been hearing … and then reveal how confident we really … Read more
Democrats Helped Build The Social Safety Net. Why Are Many Now Against Expanding It?
Today’s Democrats fancy themselves as the party that trusts the evidence — wherever it might lead. This is why they invest heavily in science and … Read more
Democrats about-face on COVID won’t be enough to save them in November
As we race toward this fall’s midterm elections, it’s obvious that Democrats are in for a shellacking. Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala … Read more
Masks off? Democrats try for a pandemic pivot
Many in the party are now coming around to what swing-district lawmakers have privately warned for weeks: that the Biden administration needs to drastically rethink … Read more
