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Trifecta

  1. early and often
    Residents Cast Ballots As Early Voting Begins In Detroit
    2024 Election Could Hinge on Tiny Shifts in the ElectorateDemographic changes are why Harris is trying to consolidate gains with white college-educated voters, while Trump focuses on Black and Latino voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. early and often
    Ghost Army Ceremony
    Johnson Urges GOP to Save Craziness for After the ElectionMTG wants House Republicans to pursue their extremist goals now. The Speaker would rather hold off and maximize the chances of a MAGA trifecta.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. house democrats
    Pelosi’s Successor Will Face Bigger Problems Than ‘Democrats in Disarray’Factional conflicts won’t be as big of a headache for the next Speaker if the midterms shift the balance of power in Washington.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    The Rights Blue States May Lose If the GOP Returns to PowerToday Republicans are all about states’ rights. If they win in 2024, they’ll likely embrace federal activism on everything from abortion to voting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. joe manchin
    Could Joe Manchin Really Switch Parties?The senator may become a Republican one day, but giving up the enormous leverage he holds over Democrats right now makes little sense.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. democrats
    Embattled Democrats Should Count Their BlessingsDemocrats may not leave the legacy their trifecta led them to expect. But it could have been far worse if 2020 election results had shifted slightly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. democrats
    If Democrats Don’t Exploit This Trifecta, Another Could Be Far AwayDemocrats will probably lose their governing trifecta in 2022, and it won’t get easier in 2024 or 2026. Historically, they don’t come along often.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. politics
    History Suggests Democratic Trifecta Could Be Short-LivedAs Democrats officially take control of the Senate, they’d be wise to move fast: Republicans shattered their last two trifectas in just two years.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. elections of 2019
    Off-Year Election Preview: Is It All About Partisanship?Unpopular Republicans struggle to win governorships in red Kentucky and Mississippi, while partisan tides help Democrats in Virginia.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    Is Beating Trump the Best Democrats Can Hope to Achieve in 2020?Maybe electability is the only candidate quality that matters if Democrats can’t figure out a way to enact their agenda.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. vision 2020
    Graham Reminds Us 2020 GOP Victory Means Another Assault on ObamacareMost Republicans prefer not to talk about it, but Lindsey Graham makes it clear the great white whale of Obamacare repeal is still an obsession.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. 2018 midterms
    Total GOP Control in Washington Is About to End. What Did They Get Out of It?For two years Republicans have theoretically had the power to remake the federal government. How did that work out for them? It was a mixed bag.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Democrats Gain State Government ‘Trifectas’ in New Jersey and WashingtonIn what could be an appetizer for 2018, Democrats began chipping away at GOP dominance of state governments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. West Virginia’s Marginally Democratic Governor Flips to the GOPIn a surprise timed to coincide with a Trump appearance in his state, Jim Justice switched parties, giving the GOP 34 governorships — for the moment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. The Next Multi-Million-Dollar Special Election Is in SeattleMoney and partisan passions are pouring into a special-election contest in Washington that will determine control of the state Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. How to Waste a Trifecta: Lessons From the George W. Bush AdministrationIt is far too early to know if today’s triumphant Republicans will succeed in consolidating their power, or self-destruct like they did under Bush.
    By Ed Kilgore