Votinggradually extended to includethose owninga certain amount ofpersonal property. After the Revolution,States began to allowthose without land or personal property to vote,provided theypaid taxes,though many States continuedreligious and literacy tests. In 1870,Republicanspushed...
Republicans are the gift that keeps on giving — to Democrats. The GOP has ademocracy problem, thanks to Donald Trump, and acompetence problem, thanks to a tiny,shrinkingHouse majority that repeatedly choosesTrump and failureover reality and governing. Now, thanks to their ascendant theological wi...
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,...
For Democrats, nothing is at stake, since the 2024 caucuses will have no bearing on the presidential race. For Republicans, there are usually two prizes in the Iowa caucuses: delegates and bragging rights. Iowa Republican voters will indicate their picks for the party’s presidential nominee, ...
The White House has just announced a web page designed to rebut some of the insane charges that the right is instigating. That won’t be enough. The President has to be more specific about what he’sforand what he’sagainst. Without these specifics, the right can conjure up every demon...
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 ...
One difference between the parties: The Republicans who raised the most from their home states still received more from other places, while nearly all the top home-state Democrats raised the bulk of their funds locally. On the Senate side, the battlegrounds take in all the money. And ...
Many Super PACs provide some measure of transparency concerning their purpose and contributors. The political orientation of Super PACs is often evident from their names. For example, ActBlue supports Democrats, and GOPAC has long supported Republicans. Super PACs must include the names of their cont...
The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee have vastly outraised Republicans so far. The Biden campaign reported $56 million on hand at the end of January, according to federal disclosures, while Trump’s campaign reported a balance of $30.5 million. “He can’t...
Notably, Republicans seem to slightly outperform expectations relative to Democrats. Across all offices, a Lean R rating was more likely to be correct than a Lean D rating, and a Likely R rating was more likely to be correct than a Likely D rating. One possible explanation for...