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2014 Midterms
2022 midterms
Feb. 6, 2022
Democrats Need More Than Redistricting Wins in 2022
There’s been great news for Democrats on the redistricting front. But actually holding the House in the midterms will still be very tough.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
July 15, 2021
Democrats Can’t Win the Culture War With Silence
Changing the subject to poll-tested economic policy issues has never dispelled Republican cultural smears in the past. It won’t now, either.
By
Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Apr. 21, 2021
After the Voting Wars, Who’s Likely to Turn Out in 2022?
The net impact of laws to suppress or expand voting rights is unclear, and will compete with many factors affecting the level and shape of turnout.
By
Ed Kilgore
joe biden
Mar. 17, 2021
What Joe Biden and George W. Bush Have in Common
Comparing the early performances of our most-recent presidents.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Dec. 31, 2019
Scott Brown and a Perilous Decade For Progressivism
In January 2010 all the excitement associated with Obama’s election began to dissipate after a special election in Massachusetts.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Dec. 14, 2018
Even Old Folks Trended Democratic in 2018
The Democratic future depends on young and minority voters and college-educated women. But many seniors vote, and more of them are voting Democratic.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Nov. 14, 2018
White Evangelicals Keep Standing Up for Their (Grand Old) Party
When it comes to politics, the big gap isn’t between the religious and the irreligious, but between white Evangelicals and everyone else.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 13, 2018
2018 Turnout Was the Highest of Any Midterm in More Than a Century
Looks like a combative political culture, a lot of close races, and Donald J. Trump get voters out to participate.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 7, 2018
2014’s Electorate Showed Up to the 2018 Election. But It Voted Differently.
Exit polls from the pro-Republican 2014 and pro-Democratic 2018 elections show similarly shaped electorates, but a change in public opinion.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 11, 2018
Democrats Have a Latino Voting Problem. It’s Not New, But It’s Urgent.
Latino turnout in midterms has been terrible, and Donald Trump alone may not change that.
By
Ed Kilgore