Tag: Midterms
Student loan forgiveness isn’t the midterms savior some Democrats wanted
Seven weeks out from the midterm elections, Democrats are facing better prospects than when they entered the summer of 2022. Inflation has improved [...]
A same-sex marriage vote is getting delayed until after the midterms. That doesn’t mean it’s dead.
A Senate vote on the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would codify federal protections for same-sex marriage, has now been delayed until after [...]
Lindsey Graham’s 15-week abortion ban probably won’t help Republicans in the midterms
Senate Republicans are setting into motion their plans for a national abortion ban in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn [...]
The 2022 midterms are on November 8. Here’s what to know.
The 2022 midterm elections are fast approaching, and right now, they’re anything but straightforward.
While Republicans were once favored to win a [...]
4 Types of Voters We’re Watching in the Midterms
For our podcast The Run-Up, Astead Herndon and his team are talking with voters of all stripes. For many of them, frustration with politics is tied to [...]
Before Midterms, Election Officials Increase Security Over Threats
With violent rhetoric from the right intensifying, some election officials are bolstering their defenses. Others are quitting.
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With Midterms Looming, McConnell’s Woes Pile Up
The minority leader who takes pride in his status as the “grim reaper” of his rivals’ agenda has allowed Democrats to claim policy victories as his pa [...]
Biden’s Message Shifts From Compromise to Combat Ahead of Midterms
President Biden is spending less time hailing the virtues of unity and more time calling out Republicans and dangers to democracy.
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Republicans Downplay Trump and Abortion on Their Sites Before Midterms
At least 10 Republican candidates in competitive races have updated their websites to minimize their ties to the former president or to adjust their s [...]
Republicans Signal Worries About Trump and the Midterms
Few Republicans appeared on the major Sunday talk shows to defend the former president. Those who did indicated that they would rather be talking abou [...]
Conservative nonprofit plans to spend millions bashing ‘woke’ left in midterms
“Unfortunately, this competition was over before it even began,” the ad’s narrator says, calling out “Biden and his radical allies.” The ad continues [...]
Think the Economy Is Hard to Predict? Try the Midterms.
The overturning of political norms is testing the limits of an established and generally dependable forecasting model that relies solely on economics. [...]
Democrats and Republicans Struggle to Forecast 2022 Midterms
Doug Sosnik is the kind of political analyst who likes to figure out the results of the next election well in advance — it’s just how he’s wired.But e [...]
Are the 2022 midterms really going to be a bloodbath for Democrats?
The conventional wisdom was that 2022 was going to be a no good, very bad year for Democrats. There’s an unpopular incumbent Democratic president w [...]
Abortion bans have raised the stakes of the midterms. Will billionaire donors step up?
During the 2020 election, left-leaning billionaires — particularly tech billionaires — who previously hadn’t been big political spenders emerged as [...]