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‘We forgot what it’s like to be populist’: Republicans see Trump’s 2024 crumbling
Republicans’ 2024 coalition is cracking in real time. President Donald Trump roared back into office two years ago after making major gains with young voters and Americans of color. Now those key groups appear to be moving away from him amid an unpopular Iran war and his lagging approval ratings, according to new results from…
The affordability election that teaches Democrats nothing
Republicans have a trust problem on affordability, and Democrats are poised to inherit it. If Democrats do as well tonight as polls suggest, everyone knows the two reasons why: affordability and President Donald Trump. For a year now, The POLITICO Poll has consistently found that half of Americans rank the cost of living as one…
Poll: GOP voters say the party isn’t focused enough on the economy
Republicans don’t think their party is focused enough on their biggest issue. The economy — and specifically the cost of living — is far and away voters’ top concern, and new results from The POLITICO Poll reveal a warning sign for the GOP just hours before polls close: There’s a stark disconnect between what Republican…
Biden’s revenge: His alumni are winning in the midterms
Joe Biden was unceremoniously ushered out of the White House two years ago. On Tuesday, he got a small measure of revenge. Prominent Biden administration alumni are winning in a handful of notable races, with Keisha Lance Bottoms — the one-time Atlanta mayor turned Biden’s senior adviser and director of the Office of Public Engagement…
Voters pummel GOP out of power
Voters have forcefully rejected President Donald Trump and Republicans, electing Democrats in GOP strongholds nationwide for the first time in decades and turning the GOP’s deepest fears into reality. As generational-level losses stacked up across the country and in the deepest of red seats, Republicans accepted what is on track to be a historic midterm…
Democrats sweep Texas
AUSTIN — Democrats’ vision of a blue Texas is finally here. James Talarico has been elected a U.S. senator and Gina Hinojosa as governor, the first Democrats to win either office in more than a generation. The four other statewide candidates are leading as ballots continue to be counted. Democrats further down the ballot are…
Haley Stevens caps a bizarre midterm cycle
Haley Stevens caps a bizarre midterm cycle lead image Politics
Raphael Warnock is ‘nauseously optimistic’ about Dem’s midterm chances
Raphael Warnock is ‘nauseously optimistic’ about Dem’s midterm chances lead image Politics