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.…

Nov 9, 2017 – Favorable views of the Democratic Party have dropped to their lowest mark in more than a quarter century of polling, according to new … simple: This time, elections were held on neutral or even Democratic-leaning terrain. … Democratic State Assembly candidates didn’t run well ahead of Mrs. Clinton, either.…

Nov 8, 2017 – Clearly, that's been an insurmountable balancing act for an array of statewide candidates. … In 2016, the Democratic nominee in this district won 26.5 percent of the vote. … Yesterday, the Democratic nominee in this district won 27.1 percent of the vote.  …

Nov 7, 2017 – Bush: "Permitting the criminal law again to become a regular weapon in politics is more destructive of democratic government than … ham-handed efforts by a foreign power to embarrass one or more presidential candidates.…

Nov 6, 2017 – Democrats eye the 24 or so districts that broke for Clinton, but have a GOP representative—they also have to hold the dozen or so Democratic … In a hypothetical national ballot, Democratic congressional candidates hold a robust 11-point lead over their GOP counterparts, 51- … For now, likely voters sink the Democratic generic ballot advantage.…

Nov 6, 2017 – Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is popular. He’s focused mostly on economy and boosting business for the state. … Democratic candidate and Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam isn’t a person who necessarily oozes charisma. … But, Tur replied, former Democratic Gov. L. Douglas Wilder hasn’t endorsed him. “That's up to Gov.…

Nov 3, 2017 – The liberal media may be talking up the so-called GOP civil war, but the Democratic internal strife is one of silent fury for now. … Some Democratic strategists have warned this approach will solidify their party as a regional and coastal one. … That state more than anything could be ground zero for the all-out civil war the Democratic Party could be facing.…

Nov 2, 2017 – Twice failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is finally admitting her campaign paid for the Russian dossier on Donald … The law firm represented the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, although initial research by … Fusion into Trump and other Republican primary candidates was commissioned by a conservative website.…

Nov 2, 2017 – He launched a petition drive, backed by advertising, pressuring Democratic candidates to go on record supporting the impeachment of … Yes, Democrats might have candidates, but as Milbank noted, without vetting from lower echelons of the Democratic Party, we could get … Democratic operatives already see the end of the movie.…

Nov 1, 2017 – On Oct. 24, the Washington Post reported that Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee hired … Candidates and political parties pay for it, but the investigative reporters are also doing it.       …

Nov 13, 2017 – Only three states used the winner-take-all method of selecting presidential electors in our nation’s first presidential election in … No, they do not, and the evidence of that is how presidential candidates campaign. … That means 80 percent of the country is ignored in a presidential election.…

Nov 11, 2017 – Unlike previous GOP presidential candidates, Donald Trump connected with voters in Rust Belt states who were ignored in the past. … After supporting phony Democratic presidential nominees for years, these blue-collar voters gave Donald Trump the margin he needed … Right after his upset victory, President-elect Trump was immediately confronted by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein who…

Dec 7, 2017 – More than a year after the 2016 presidential election, supporters of Hillary Clinton continue to question that contest’s legitimacy … Second, the Electoral College forces candidates to consider the interests of a broader section of the country. … Yes, the candidates often focus on a few toss-up states.…

Dec 16, 2017 – Hillary couldn’t do this because it could cause more heartburn between the progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic Party … Plus, she’s lost two presidential elections. She’s not an Arkansas native. She’s not Bill. … For Republicans, well, if they don’t work on a) passing legislation; and b) finding candidates who aren’t God awful, then we’re going…

Dec 15, 2017 – percent) counties, beat Moore by a 50-48 percent margin in a state that has voted 60 to 62 percent Republican in the past four presidential … Mainstream media, which carefully avoided coverage of the bribery trial of Democratic Sen. … And would Jones have beaten Moore if the Senate had been 50-50 and his win would have led to Democratic control?…

Dec 14, 2017 – But perhaps a question we should ask is this: If the presidential elections were held today with the same two candidates, Donald Trump … So, on Twitter, I asked, “If the presidential elections were today and Trump was the Republican candidate and he was running against … Or is all this irrelevant, since it is not Trump who is running in 2018 but other candidates who will be running?…