Nov 7, 2018 – As odd as it sounds, political parties in democracies have an important anti-democratic function. … The move toward primaries and the democratic selection of delegates took power away from the bosses. … Today, political conventions are little more than infomercials for presidential candidates.…

Aug 13, 2014 – Historically, such individuals vote heavily for Democratic nominees for statewide office. … But many Obama and Democratic Party operatives attributed this strong turnout to the ability of these operatives to pinpoint voters … They have moved on to their next topic, Hillary Clinton, who is by far the leading presidential candidate for 2016.…

Aug 23, 2014 – Yesterday, Dan reported that Scott Brown is within two points of incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Sheehan in the New Hampshire … Shaheen, along with every other Democratic senator, voted for the Gang of 8 bill. … But Shaheen had Democratic support at 74 points.…

Aug 21, 2014 – The self-described democratic socialist said last week we shouldn’t “anoint” Hillary just yet. Sen. … And said he had a “damn good platform” for a presidential run (via Yahoo!) … As for presidential ambitions, Sanders, like Warren, is hinting at making challenges so that more centrist–or perceived centrist– candidates…

Aug 19, 2014 – There's also a backlash in Colorado against severe gun restrictions passed by the Democratic legislature and ineptly defended by Democratic … Will Clinton stump in Colorado, a state held up as an example of Democratic gains, or Iowa, a state not usually avoided by presidential … candidates?…

Sep 5, 2014 – In Arkansas, Democratic Sen. … Up in Alaska, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich faces a tough challenge. … If Democratic officeholders are rooted in the past, so are some of their favorite policies.…

Sep 2, 2014 – In 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis was slammed in an ad over Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who attacked … In Alaska, Democratic Sen. … Democrats are trying to execute their own Willie Horton-style attacks against GOP candidates with lackluster results.…

Sep 2, 2014 – Erickson floats the names of Bobby Jindal, Ted Cruz and Rick Perry as “three candidates who seem most able to tap into evangelical … All of the leading Democratic presidential contenders are lawyers.…

Aug 29, 2014 – In North Carolina, Democratic Sen. … “They win white voters in the presidential election and they lost. … Yet, the bleeding began during the Johnson administration (via NYT) [emphasis mine]: No Democratic presidential candidate has…

Sep 16, 2014 – That is a very high negative with which to begin a presidential campaign and the political ads haven't even hit the airwaves. … Clinton's problem when he wrote: "Some Democrats who backed other candidates in the state's caucuses in 2008 say they haven't yet warmed … most ardent defenders, are able to come up with anything substantive she did as first lady (Hillarycare failed to get through a Democratic…

Sep 10, 2014 – Presidential approval in the low 40's with majority disapproval, and Republicans catching up with (if not overtaking) Democrats on … (Four years ago, the Democratic incumbent in his state got blown out).  How is Sen. … Kay Hagan virtually tied in a state Mitt Romney carried in a fairly strong Democratic year?  …

Sep 10, 2014 – Of course, the editorial board is only endorsing liberal candidates. … We will see the next line-up of endorsed candidates in the coming weeks. … While Democratic pollsters have said that such tactics are turning women off, Cosmo apparently doesn’t care.…

Sep 9, 2014 – Bush’s margins in many of the key counties, Obama dramatically out-performed Kerry, even in Democratic-leaning counties. … or Iowa, it doesn’t bode well for a GOP presidential candidate in 2016. … In Iowa, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley’s disparaging remarks about farmers and popular Sen.…

Sep 9, 2014 – famous boardwalk, the beach resort is familiar to Americans from the popular game of Monopoly, the Miss America pageant and the Democratic … The lesson of New Jersey should not be lost on Republicans who are vetting potential presidential candidates for 2016.…

Sep 25, 2014 – Most pundits believe Libertarian candidates pull more from their Republican opponents than from their Democratic ones. … In reality, it is also a major effort to turn out Democratic voters at the same high levels that customarily turn out in presidential … Of the candidates in all the contested gubernatorial races in the nation, no Democratic candidate has been so unabashedly supportive…

Sep 24, 2014 – The Democratic Party was able to navigate a path to victory by in the national presidential elections by picking off key constituencies … A plain look at the lines reveal that they were designed to concentrate black, largely democratic voters within a Democratic district … Not so the Democratic Party unfortunately.…

Sep 23, 2014 – If you’re wondering how Mitt Romney could have lost the 2012 presidential election to President Obama after securing a five-point … In a recent Wall Street Journal column, American Crossroads founder Karl Rove noted that Democratic U.S. … Republican candidates.…

Sep 23, 2014 – Last week, Hillary Clinton returned to Iowa for the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign loss, saying, "I'm back." … Obama's foreign policy looks like a key vulnerability for Democrats in the next presidential election. ... … For me, I could be wrong, but I still think a vote for that war still should be a deal-breaker in Democratic primaries.…

Sep 19, 2014 – This is a vivid contrast from the period 1968 to 1988, when Republicans won five of six presidential elections. … They are very far, however, from selecting a presidential nominee, with no clear leaders among a dozen or so potential candidates. … Attractive new ideas will likely find their way into candidates' platforms and debates.…

Oct 6, 2014 – before the campaign began in earnest, and it turned out the GOP had somehow managed to come up with an assortment of leading candidates … The sitting Democratic president at the time, a slick fellow from Arkansas who was just about the best salesman ever to occupy the … So it figures that today, when Democratic spokesmen are pressed to say what was so good about the Clinton administration, the first…

Oct 6, 2014 – mobilize voters who usually don’t vote in off-year elections (via WSJ): Using new computer models developed in the last presidential … a survey of 1.2 million potential voters in eight top Senate battleground states, targeting people who voted for Republican presidential … Instead, Obama just gave every Republican ad-maker in the country more fodder for negative ads linking Democratic candidates to him…

Oct 2, 2014 – Last week, the Democratic senator, who is leading in the polls, told a group of supporters that they will be “kicking Tillis out,” … Following the loss of the presidential race of 2012, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus directed a self-assessment that became a scathing … Is she trying to rally the base and boost Democratic turnout?  You betcha. …

Nov 10, 2017 – Winning a blue state in what is by any historical standard a good environment for blue candidates is exceptionally normal. … Republicans deserve to be admonished for their poor organization and bad candidates. … Maybe elections, both presidential and local, tell us less than we think.…

Nov 10, 2017 – And both almost precisely mirrored the 2016 presidential results. … That's produced divided government, as Democrats have won 4 of 7 presidential elections since 1992 while Republicans have won a House … Democratic voters are clustered in central cities, sympathetic suburbs and university towns.…

Nov 9, 2017 – The Democratic Party rode a massive blue wave that demolished the Republican Party in Virginia’s election, and they could retake the … Democratic State Assembly candidates didn’t run well ahead of Mrs. Clinton, either. … “There remains a lot of work to do in reaching those small-town or rural Democratic voters,” Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.…