As the midterm elections get closer, we will start to see much more visibility on specific candidates and states. The Democrats need to pick up 4 senate seats to regain control of the Senate, and this endeavor has so far been chaotic, to say the least. In Maine, Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out due […]
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This Monday, Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the UK, resigned due to rising unpopularity in the Labour Party and numerous defeats in local elections. For Starmer, the choice was cut out for him, as if he stayed in office he would likely lose a leadership challenge to newly elected MP Andy Burnham. Once Starmer’s
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Just a few years ago, Katie Porter seemed like a rising star in the Democratic Party. She had won three consecutive competitive US House elections in the moderate Orange County while still unabashedly championing progressive policies throughout her tenure. As a result, in 2024, she took what was seemingly the next step in any politician’s
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Much has been said about President Trump’s actions in relation to the Iran War. While Democrats have obviously condemned the war, the more interesting reactions are the ones of Trump’s republican supporters. While the majority of prominent conservative politicians and officials, like Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Speaker of the House
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Throughout my previous posts, I have discussed extensively about the ideological divides inside political parties. On the Democrat’s side, there is a growing divide between firebrand progressives who make headlines for constantly opposing Trump, and more grounded, moderate candidates who tend to focus on so-called “kitchen table issues”. On the Republicans side, more and more
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In 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become President, winning 28 states and 365 votes in what is still the largest landslide of the 21st century. Not only did Obama run up margins in traditional Democratic strongholds and capture swing states, but he also found himself within striking distance of McCain in multiple Republican
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The democrats had a great night this election day. While the biggest of the night from the media was Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York Mayoral Race, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in a campaign largely defined by affordability, it wasn’t actually the biggest story of the night. For example, Democrats won
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We are only 8 months into Trump’s second term, but it already seems like California Governor Gavin Newsom is making all the moves to position himself as the frontrunner in the Democratic Primaries. Arguably, Newsom started making these moves as early as 2023, when he participated in an unprecedented debate with Republican Florida governor and
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A few months ago, Texas made waves after its Republican government revealed that they were planning to redistrict the state’s congressional seats. The reason: to make Texas districts more conservative, by either packing many liberal areas into one district, or cracking a heavily liberal area among multiple districts. In this, the GOP legislature’s goal is
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While the 2026 midterms probably don’t matter to most voters right now, they definitely do to the candidates running for them. In order to secure a spot on the ballot in the November general election, candidates of both parties are participating in a one year marathon in order to succeed in their own respective primary.
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