Mickey EdwardsPalgrave Macmillan USEdwards, Mickey. 2013. "How to Turn Democrats and Republicans into Americans." In Politics to the Extreme: American Political Institutions in the 21st Century, edited by Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly, New York: Palgrave....
Evidence abounds that Democrats and Republicans really do not like each other. Researchers have found that they avoid dating one another, desire not to live nea…
When this election cycle began, pundits generally talked about the election coming down to six core swing states, not seven; North Carolina was alate addition to the party. Take just one look at the state's political history, and you can understand why: Republicans have won the state...
The lesson I learned so many years ago is that you have to emphatically stand up to bullies or they will get louder and go as far as they can. Today’s problem is that Democrats don’t seem to know how to fight it and mainstream Republicans won’t. They are like Lemmings walking off...
Election Day is typically the end of the contentious fight for the White House. But it could just be the beginning. With both Democrats and Republicans preparing for possible legal fights over the vote count, the post-election process for seating the win
into a political liability for republicans. voter backlash was widely credited with limiting republican gains in the 2022 congressional midterm elections, as well as propelling democrats to victories last month in virginia and kentucky. every statewide ballot question about reproductive rights since 2022 ...
Since 1933, the S&P 500 has averaged a 12.9% annual return when Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress and a 9% annual return when Democrats controlled both. When a Democrat was president and Republicans controlled Congress, that figure was 13%. For the opposite scenario, retu...
President Trump became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached as the House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines to impeach him over abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. No Republicans voted in favor of either article of impeachment, while three Democrats voted ...
He also said Trump could be “competitive” in Virginia, which Democrats have won in every presidential race since 2008. He plans for the RNC to begin expanding its field operation and adding staff to coordinate voter outreach “immediately” after the leadership transition at t...
Another group saw an ad for presidential candidate John McCain before the car ad. Republicans tended to respond more favorably to the car ad after the McCain ad, whereas democrats responded more favorably to the car ad after the Obama commercial....