Evan McMullin is a conservative running for the US Senate in Utah… with the support of the state’s Democratic Party. Democrats have thrown their support behind the former Republican to try to oust Senator Mike Lee, an ally of former President Donald Trump who was trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. In … Read more
The notion that the Democratic Party is overwhelmed has been such a common narrative in the political media that the refrain “Dems in disarray” has become something of a joke online. In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew debates whether the party struggling to pass federal legislation and facing a difficult semester … Read more
Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Americans have the constitutional right to abortion, reinforced by the US Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade was long taken for granted. For most of the fall of 2021, Democrats, and especially Republicans, still thought Roe would most likely remain the state’s law for … Read more
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 New York Court of Appeals reigns that the New York Democrats congressional card enacted in February was a partisan gerrymander who violated the state constitution and threw it on the … Read more
Senator Joe Manchin speaking in early March about the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act. (Michael Brochstein / Sipa USA via AP Images)) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck … Read more
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 handling of this crisis will reflect on President Biden and the Republican divide on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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 Photo) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For … Read more
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 Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for … Read more
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 the 2020 election and continuing into his first months in office, polls showed that Democrats were starting to feel more hopeful. Vaccinations for COVID-19 began to roll out en masse. … Read more
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 feel about the idea. This time, politics reporter Alex Samuels examines why President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee might motivate Republican voters more than Democrat voters in the upcoming midterms.