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The Republican Field for 2024

The midterms are (basically) over, and control of both houses of Congress have been decided. Republicans won the house, albeit narrowly, and Democrats won the Senate, also in a narrow way. This election cycle has been unanimously agreed upon to be a flop by Republicans, and while there is still a runoff Senate Election in …

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Pundits said it would be a red wave. It wasn’t.

Intro (I was right):  Republicans should have had this election cycle in the bag. Instead, they find themselves thinking about what they did wrong. And this is because going into election day, everyone expected Republicans to win – and win by a lot. Everyone except me of course, because in my October 6th post “How …

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Midterm Elections: What’s Happening?

Yesterday, midterm election results started coming out, and while control of the house and senate have not been determined yet, there’s still a lot of takeaways. The takeaway: Pundit’s expected Republican’s to win handly. They didn’t. However, with failure, there’s always a silver lining, and with success, there’s always a place for improvement, as shown …

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Texas Democrats and the fight to Curb Voter Suppression

The Story: In Texas, Democrat state legislatures are planning to block a Republican backed voter suppression bill that would severely restrict mail-in ballots and in person voting. They plan to do this by leaving the state and going to Washington DC, which will stop the bill from passing because the Republicans would not have a …

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The official 2020 US census came out – and it has big implications.

Today, the new 2020 census results came out, and it means a lot for a wide range of things – not the least of it being electoral and congressional representation. The results show that people from the Midwest and Northeast are moving to the south. The states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and …

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Republicans Should Become More Moderate – Heres Why.

When thinking about people who revolutionized the current electoral map – you might think of people like Donald Trump. And for good reason too. Trump in 2016 made the Midwest considerably more Republican while the south and west were considerably less Republican. But when it comes to people who have changed the electoral map in …

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