Anyone who has been a political observer long enough knows that the exploding number of primary candidates, especially among Republicans, is a somewhat recent development. The field got so crowded in the 2016 race, in fact, that the GOP had 17 people spread over two debates. A few of the ...
He Backs Gun Control, Gay Rights and Abortion. Why Do Republicans Rate Rudy?The former mayor of New York's relatively liberal views on social issues, don't appear to be hampering his attempt to win his party's nomination
Some have opposed Roe on the grounds that Congress, not the courts, should have enshrined any national right to abortion. Well, that’s the approach just taken by the Democrat-controlled House concerning contraceptives. It passed a law guaranteeing a right to birth control. Since Republicans are...
but it's unlikely such legislation would reach the Senate's current60-vote threshold. A bill in May 2022 that would effectivelycodify a right to abortionfailed in the Senate, with a 49-51 vote. All Republicans opposed the measure.
What you'll find with Republicans is that we're not leading with the color of our skin or our gender or sexual identity. That's not how we identify. We identify first as Americans. So I'm supporting Trump because of his policies, and his plan to make our ...
“Young people in New Jersey are rejecting abortion bans, and for Republicans, the challenge is distancing themselves from extreme views in their own party if that want to have a chance with under 30s.” About the poll The survey was conducted between Dec. 1 and 4, using a multi-stream ...
Trump’s remarks come as Ukraine remains mired in its efforts to stave off Russia’s 2022 invasion and as Republicans in Congress have become increasingly skeptical of providing additional aid money to the country as it struggles with stalled counteroffensives and weapons shortfalls. Republican pre...
Republicans have always had a good chance of winning at least one house of Congress in the upcoming midterms. As things stand, it looks a lot more likely that they'll take control of the House, but they could also win the Senate. So what would they do if they did win control of eit...
It's widely expected that the usual gender gap – women voting more for Democrats, men more for Republicans – may be, as Ayres suggests, more like a “gender chasm” this time around. Democrats believe that a female presidential candidate, the abortion issue and the history of derogatory re...
with the faulty science ofThe Bell Curve, a book I could barely believe had become a bestseller in the 90s. Barack Obama’s first run on the campaign trail left me shocked at how many white voters—both Republicans and Democratic feminists alike—openly used racist arguments to attack him ...