At his year end press conference, Obama said he wanted to take an active role in the future of his party. But, Obama is if anything, an ideologue and is blind to how his latest action has put his party … Continue reading Obama Digs a Deeper Hole For Democrats
It has been well established Hillary Clinton lost the election because she failed to reestablish the Obama coalition of Northern whites and blacks, failed to recognize white/Obama voters were flocking to Trump and that her margins in pre-election polls were … Continue reading Clinton’s Coalition of the Affluent, I Mean Educated
It’s a well-established but little know fact that Obama would have won in 2012 even if the electorate resembled 2004 in demographic and partisan categories. Indeed, Obama’s 2012 reelection charted a different path than his 2008 election bid. Obama did … Continue reading Where the Obama Coalition Failed Clinton
Amid the Democrats distraught and Republicans joy over the election is a hidden message that whispers, “Adapt or die.” Donald Trump’s election may have represented a tectonic shift in the politics of the nation, eliminating long-time political topography, but both … Continue reading Both Republicans and Democrats Face Difficult Choices Ahead
Dubuque County is the sort of county that has made Iowa and the majority of the Midwest lean blue. The county has not voted Republican since Dwight Eisenhower’s landslide 1956 reelection victory. Until now. Donald Trump carried the county by just … Continue reading The Obama/Trump Voters: Why They Mattered
A month has passed since the Presidential election and by now we can be sure that the Midwest was the region that not only swung the election for Trump but swung the furthest right from 2012 to 2016. While Democrats … Continue reading The Midwest Has Been Getting Redder: That’s A Problem For Democrats
Republicans have struggled to win Presidential elections in Pennsylvania. But, they have shown a continual ability to win other contests down-ballot. Witness then Republican Senator Arlen Specter’s nine point victory in 2004 even as George Bush was losing the state … Continue reading Pennsylvania: Where the Senate Was Won
It has been well documented Democrats tend to be clustered in urban, geographically dense cities and relegated to a few states largely controlled by major cities. This has led to what political scientists call the “wasted vote.” The way it … Continue reading Democrats Wasted Voter Problem Reached Critical Mass In 2016
To hear Liberals tell it, Donald Trump was the creation of a white, angry backlash to a black, progressive President and the women running to succeed him. Progressives simply pushed too hard for policies that alienated white America. Well, the … Continue reading How the Left Created Trump
In 2002, “The Emerging Democratic Majority” was published. Written by Democratic strategists John Judis and Ruy Texiera, the book alleged that a modern Democratic majority was brewing composed of college educated whites, minorities and urban, affluent voters. Despite a hiccup … Continue reading Why Identity Politics Failed Clinton
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