Mar 1, 2018 – In our current two party system, the decision is often based on which option is disliked the least. … However, as seen with the 2016 presidential election, in the end - it's really about a binary decision. … Since all humans are flawed and all candidates are human, we will never have perfect candidates.…

Mar 2, 2018 – In California these days, and nationally, these veteran Democrats have to fend off extremists in their own party. … Pelosi has been cautioning Democratic candidates to stop talking about impeachment. … That coalition, much larger today, was enough to give presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a plurality of the popular vote in 2016…

Mar 19, 2018 – The House Minority Leader has promised endlessly that her party would claim victory in 2012, 2014, and 2016. … Now, with Democratic energy at an all-time high, with their first congressional win in the post-2016 era in Pennsylvania, the party … Brad Ashford (D-NE), who is gearing up for a rematch with Republican Don Bacon who beat him in 2016, is running away from Pelosi.…

Mar 17, 2018 – It follows another heartbreaking Republican Party loss in the Alabama Senate race in December. … For the Republican Party, these special election losses will hopefully deliver a much-needed wake-up call. … The more she refuses to go away and publicly complain, the better the political prospects become for the Republican Party.…

Mar 14, 2018 – This has been a very Republican district: 2008 presidential: McCain +11%2008 House: Murphy +28%2010 House: Murphy +35%2012 presidential … : Romney +17%2012 House: Murphy +28%2014 House: Murphy unopposed2016 presidential: Trump +20%2016 House: Murphy unopposed https://t.co … (2) Candidates matter. …

Mar 30, 2018 – Some days, the Republican Party seems on the verge of splitting up. … John Kasich, who carried seven counties outside his home state in the 2016 Republican primaries, hints at a 2020 independent candidacy … The Democratic Party was formed in 1832, to secure Andrew Jackson's renomination and re-election, and the Republican Party came about…

Mar 22, 2018 – Ruling-class spokeswoman Hillary Clinton infamously referred to Trump supporters during the 2016 presidential campaign as "a basket … Nearly 17 months after the 2016 presidential election, special counsel Robert Mueller and his team have found no evidence that the … The left has been in a state of perpetual outrage since Trump's victory in 2016.…

Apr 7, 2018 – Remember when (now) two-time presidential loser Hillary Rodham Clinton was supposed to win 2016 in a landslide? … The Republican Party is playing their part perfectly, too. They completely fell for the Trump trap?—? … In the 1850s, we fought the Civil War, and the Republican Party won and then dominated American politics for 50 years.…

Apr 5, 2018 – Party candidates — a positive or negative message. … #3: Trump 2020 could be the first presidential re-election campaign to fight impeachment. … Recently a prominent GOP strategist and a Republican congressman stated publicly,   what numerous Republican leaders had said privately…

Apr 19, 2018 – In 2016, voters gave the GOP-controlled Congress a Republican president who would sign any remotely conservative legislation they sent … Compare the press’ coverage of Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election with their complaints about Trump in 2016. … the press lied about them, voters would have had much greater confidence in the other GOP presidential candidates.…

Jan 10, 2020 – In 2016, Donald Trump handily beat Hillary Clinton in the Buckeye State. … And because of that—union households will vote Republican. … By comparison, Republicans received only 77 percent of their 2016 vote.…

Jan 7, 2020 – - Darrin Kelly, president of the powerful Allegheny-Fayette County Central Labor Council, says that not one of the Democratic candidates … In 2016, Trump became the first Republican to win Pennsylvania since former President George H.W. … They also missed that Pennsylvania had become 0.4% more Republican every presidential cycle.…

Jan 15, 2020 – Reporters could call her a "liberal Republican," and they should, except that term simply doesn't exist. (Don't believe us? … Where this all gets ridiculous is the presidential field. … In 2016, Hillary Clinton was regularly pitched as a centrist by the press.…

Jan 13, 2020 – a key Democrat constituency, but you should try courageously standing up to the trash that forms the foundation of your reeking party … But this act is getting old, like your leading presidential candidates. … Party, where people who love America are welcome.…

Jan 30, 2020 – It happened on the Republican side in 2016. I could see then it would happen to the Democrats this cycle. … His appeal is about consistency and authenticity, something the other Democratic candidates seem to lack. … Kamala Harris' failed presidential bid. "Politics is a contact sport," said Sellers.…

Jan 24, 2020 – Barry Goldwater, which did not end well for the Republican Party in 1964. … The rival claims of the constituent elements inside the party are rising to the fore. … nomination of the party of the common man.…

Feb 5, 2020 – But nobody in the Democratic Party can stop Bernie. … Leading candidates have echoed Sanders' talking points. Sen. … This is the mirror image of the Republican problem with Trump in 2016: Trump ran on a platform of bashing the Iraq War and America's…

Feb 5, 2020 – The anticipated crackup of the Republican Party, along Trumpian fault lines, just never materialized. … None of the remaining viable candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are anywhere close to sealing the deal. … factions in the party, seems to be steadily on the rise.…

Jan 31, 2020 – With all eyes on the Hawkeye State ahead of Monday's Democratic caucuses, the opposition party is at risk of being overshadowed by … Whether they backed him in 2016 or were more recent converts, one factor that his supporters kept bringing up was their feeling that … Klein's piece quotes two voters, a 2016 Never Trump Republican and a Hillary supporter, who plan to support the president's re-election…

Feb 14, 2020 – That's how Donald Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016, and so far, it's consistent with how Bernie Sanders is doing in this … One possibly salient difference between the 2016 Republican race and the 2020 Democratic contest so far is turnout. … Of course the 2016 Republican plotline may not be replicated by the 2020 Democrats. Bernie could stumble. Pete or Amy could soar.…

Feb 13, 2020 – All political parties and candidates have bad days. … The Democrats are the party of the Silicon Valley. … But the Democratic primary race so far reminds us that party rules favor rich, white candidates.…

Feb 28, 2020 – In 2016, there were signs of change. … The New Deal got many blacks to abandon the party of Abraham Lincoln. … Republican statewide candidates in 2018 got enough Hispanic votes to win.…

Feb 27, 2020 – They fear their party will lose what remaining but dwindling appeal it might still enjoy. … That's why in the debates among Democratic presidential candidates one hears of an America that isn't recognizable to most citizens … We'll see if that translates into Republican victories in races for the Senate and House.…

Feb 25, 2020 – For more than 30 years, Democratic Party leaders have been trying to kick pro-lifers out of the party. … , citing the 2016 party platform that for the first time explicitly endorsed forcing taxpayers to fund abortion on demand.  … President Trump, more than any Republican presidential nominee before, understood the power of the pro-life vote and actively sought…

Feb 20, 2020 – The Democratic Party is in trouble. … If that weren't enough, party rules have changed allowing former New York City mayor and former Republican, former Democrat and currently … Bloomberg may be ready to replace Joe Biden as the most gaffe-prone of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates.…