So far, polls from Republican-affiliated and unaffiliated outfits are not diverging. (And they didn’t diverge much in past elections either.)
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Kansas? Montana? Mississippi? Where Will the Blue Wave Crest?
Democrats have reason to spend in states that seemed impossible to win just two months ago.
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Is It True That If You’re Explaining, You’re Losing?
Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico have taken opposite approaches to fending off Republican attacks.
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Should Democrats Win Congress, What Could Persuade Trump to Resign?
Here are things that might allow even his addled mind to see the merit in leaving office early.
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Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
Since sweeping to power in 2025, Republicans have waged an all-out war on clean energy. Congress gutted major clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies enacted under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, killed state-level rules to spur electric vehicle adoption, and blocked legislation to ease permitting for wind power projects. The Trump administration has gone further, […]
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One Internal Pollster Saw the Primary Results Coming
Candidate-backed surveys have helped warp perceptions of Democratic primaries. Public Policy Polling’s numbers, however, have repeatedly tracked the actual results.
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Democratic Voters Have Had Enough
Primary upsets in Maine, New York, and Colorado show a Democratic base furious over Trump, Israel, and elite impunity.
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The Fallout From Trump’s Pope Bashing
His jabs at the pope probably would matter more if Congressional Republicans and JD Vance weren’t already heading for grim midterms.
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What Maine’s U.S. Senate Primary Tells Us About the Democratic Party
A massive generational divide is central to the competitive race between an incumbent governor and an oyster farmer.
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Tough Medicine for Democrats: “Too Liberal” and “Out of Touch”
Democrats are riding high after this year’s special elections, but that doesn’t mean they’re popular with voters. Strategist Simon Bazelon has advice on what to fix.
