There were many nasty shocks for California Republicans in the midterm elections of 2018. And now President Donald Trump is being blamed — not just for losses of congressional seats but also for causing the Republican Party of California to suffer a “political nuclear holocaust.†According to some political experts the GOP in the Golden…
Russian hackers after the U.S. midterm elections carried out a widespread hacking effort, targeting the federal government, media sites and influential Washington think tanks. Although U.S election officials were looking for Russian interference ahead of and during the elections, but the detection of hacking activity by a Russian group didn’t occur until after the polls…
The 2018 midterm results show that the American people have rejected Donald Trump, and his agenda. And as Senator Bernie Sanders says, they’ve also rejected “his racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and religious bigotry.†Since Democrats will take over control of the House of Representatives in January, Senator Sanders believes it is time for progressives to…
Many Democrats seem to feel that they “lost†the 2018 midterm elections, but that is not true. Yes, a large number of Democrats are very disappointed (especially in my home state of Florida). And many rising progressive stars lost: Beto. Stacey. Andrew. And Republicans still control the Senate. But as election returns continue to roll…
Election exit polls always tell important stories. This year, however, those stories may be especially important for what they can tell us about the 2020 race for president. All of the votes from last Tuesday haven’t even been counted yet, but already people are turning their attention to the 2020 election. Top experts say there…
GOP candidates and party bosses all over the country are in panic mode as they have seen President Donald Trump hijack the 2018 midterm elections. They wanted their campaign message to focus on how great the economy is. But instead he has made sure the election is all about him. With his packed schedule of…
Well over 30 million Americans have already cast their ballots for Tuesday’s midterm elections. Many states set records for early voting even though there were days left to vote. And in some states more early votes have been cast than were cast in the entire 2014 midterm election. And all of this is good news…
If a Republican incumbent representative is losing in the state of Utah you know it’s a bad year for the GOP. And this appears to be the case as incumbent GOP Rep. Mia Love is behind her Democratic challenger, Ben McAdams, by six percentage points in the most recent polling that was done. Although previously…
The statistical website FiveThirtyEight gives the Democratic Party an 86 percent chance of winning the House next Tuesday which is not a sure thing. But recent travels by President Donald Trump prove that the Republican Party has given up all hope of retaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Many people seem to think…
Political observers closely watch the so-called generic congressional ballot to get an idea of which party is likely to win control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections. Because of Republican gerrymandering, it is widely believed that Democrats need an advantage of approximately six percent in the national popular vote if they are to win…
The Republican blame game has begun. According to AP’s Steve Peoples,  “Republicans have begun to concede defeat in the evolving fight to preserve the House majority.” “The party’s candidates may not go quietly, but from the Arizona mountains to suburban Denver to the cornfields of Iowa, the GOP’s most powerful players this midterm season are…
Yesterday The Des Moines Register, Iowa’s largest newspaper, announced that it was endorsing only Democrats in this year’s congressional races. The respected newspaper’s editorial board said that this year the stakes are too high to do anything else. The Register has won 16 Pulitzer Prizes and its readership covers the entire state of Iowa, the…
Another Democratic leader of the House of Representatives is anxiously awaiting his chance to become chairman of a powerful House committee. Of course for that to happen Democrats must take control of the House after November’s elections. But if it does, Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts will become chairman of the powerful House Ways and…
Donald Trump’s election has clearly pushed independent and Democratic women into action, resulting in record numbers of women running for office, and huge numbers of women doing political organizing and becoming activists for the first time. It is possible that Trump and the Republican are not alienating just left-leaning and independent women voters though. They may…
A new opinion poll released Monday shows Democrats with a 4-point advantage in dozens of battleground House districts with just one month to go before November’s midterm elections. “NEW POLL: Dems have 4-point lead in battleground House districts” NEW POLL: Dems have 4-point lead in battleground House districts https://t.co/J7a0R8Cbzt pic.twitter.com/grMvwiUTw8 — The Hill (@thehill) October…
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings, along with the testimony from his sexual assault accuser Dr. Christine Ford, have generated a windfall of cash for Democratic candidates. ActBlue, an online clearinghouse for Democratic donors, reported that they raised $10 million from small donors on Friday, their highest daily total ever since the site was founded….
Until recently the thought of a Democrat winning a Texas Senate race would be considered ridiculous. Especially a liberal Democrat who has endorsed an assault rifle ban and believes in “Medicare for all.†But as of today the highly-respected Cook Political Report is rating the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke a toss up. “Senate…
With about seven weeks until election day on November 6th, Republicans are in full panic mode. Almost every recent poll shows the president’s unpopularity falling to record low levels, while at the same time congressional generic ballots show Republicans facing a bloodbath in the midterms. Almost every GOP leader, pollster or candidate has expressed fears…
Many people believe that the 2018 midterm elections are as important as any elections held in American history. This assessment has not been done only by political scientists either. American voters have also given their opinions on the importance of this year’s elections by voting in the 2018 primaries in record numbers. Over 40 million…
Three new polls released this morning could spell doom for the GOP in November’s elections. These polls continue the rash of bad news that has come out recently for Republican candidates. Today’s polls deal with two major factors that are known to influence the outcomes of midterm elections: The generic congressional ballot, and Voters’ opinions…
Women may finally get their revenge on serial sex offender Donald Trump and his GOP enablers in Congress. From all reports it appears that the 2018 midterm elections will be a Big Blue Wave fueled by the energy of women and the ‘Me Too†movement. Just last week we reported that there are over 100…
People in the White House are getting worried. According to insiders who were interviewed by Robert Costa from the Washington Post, the President of the United States has quit talking to people and has become very isolated. They say he spends most of his time watching cable TV and tweeting. The concern these officials have…
Steve Bannon has issued a warning for Republicans, and he hopes they will listen to him. In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) Bannon said he believes the GOP would lose 35 to 40 seats in the House if the election were held today. “AP Interview: Here’s how Steve Bannon wants to rally GOP…
This week Donald Trump bragged about how his candidates were all winning, but a closer analysis by the Associated Press (AP) shows that Republicans should be very worried. The new AP study shows Democratic voters being more enthusiastic than Republicans in almost a dozen federal special elections since President Donald Trump took office. Enthusiasm of…
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the U.S. military may be used to defend against or prevent Russia’s election meddling in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections — but did not elaborate as to specifically how the armed forces would be deployed. The Military Times reported that Mattis also said he agrees that the order…
Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward a spending bill that excludes new money for election security grants to states, causing an outcry from furious Democrats. Amid a firestorm of controversy about President Trump’s denial of Russian election interference there was an expectation that the House would fund a bipartisan approach that would…
Trump has made immigration and trade the two centerpiece issues of his midterm election strategy, but a new poll shows that he is losing on both as Democrats have surged to a double-digit lead on enthusiasm.
Former President Barack Obama has had nine different private meetings with possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Politico reported Monday. Obama reportedly held the one-on-one sessions in his D.C. office over the past several months, including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D)….
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that he has asked former president Barack Obama to help, and he is optimistic that Democrats can take back control of the Senate after the 2018 midterm elections. In an interview with The Washington Post, Schumer (D-N.Y.) asserted that Democratic candidates are doing very well in their…
Two recent opinion polls have lifted Democratic spirits as well as their prospects of sweeping to victory in the fall midterm elections. A new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal says that: “By a whopping 25-point margin, voters say they’re more likely to back a congressional candidate who promises to serve as…
The nonprofit fundraising group ActBlue announced this week that their fundraising from small donors for the 2018 election cycle is far exceeding their expectations. If they continue to raise money at their current pace then ActBlue could provide Democratic candidates a much-need $1 billion war chest to use in their battle to take back control…
People of a certain age will recall the great 1966 comedy film by Norman Jewison called “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.” It is about a Soviet submarine that gets stranded on an island off the coast of New England, and it hilariously captures the paranoia that was rampant during the Cold War. Perhaps…
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are leaving Congress at a faster rate than at any time in history, and Paul Ryan’s retirement announcement will probably speed up the process. When incumbents don’t run for reelection the opposing party has a much better chance to pick up a seat, since incumbency usually guarantees a…
While over half the U.S. population is female, four out of every five members of the U.S. House of Representatives are men. Given the number of women running for Congress in 2018, that statistic may significantly change when new members of the House take office in January of 2019. The Associated Press has reported that…
Texas Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke raised a record-setting $6.7 million in the first three months of the year, according to the Dallas Morning News. He still trails Ted Cruz in the polls, however, in a solidly red state which has not seen a Democrat elected to the Senate in 18 years. The…
It’s nothing short of embarrassing that the folks who know GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson best – literally, his folks – don’t think he should be a U.S. Senator.
“Trump’s very much in line here with what you’d expect to see from a president whose party takes a shellacking in a midterm election.”
Those closest to Trump don’t believe he grasps what serious trouble he would be in if Democrats win enough seats to take over the House in 2018.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) revealed exactly how Democrats will treat Trump as the most unpopular president in history, and win in 2018.
If Democrats can ride this wave into 2018, they could very well outperform expectations in a year which Republicans are expected to do well.
Trumpcare is political suicide for the president and his Republican colleagues in Congress.
