Midterm elections

Polling Station Sign

To Win in Midterm Elections, Turnout Is Key To Win in Midterm Elections, Turnout Is Key

Every dime and day spent trying to show Trump voters the error of their ways is a lost opportunity.

Sep 27, 2017 / Steve Phillips

Black Voters Casting Ballots

Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted Democrats Must Stop Taking the Black Working Class for Granted

A new report from Working America found that black Ohioans were suffering economically during the 2016 presidential election—but did not think a Democratic president would make a d...

Sep 26, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Schumer DC

Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally. Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.

The party establishment won’t change on its own, and Democratic leaders won’t see the light unless they feel the heat.

Aug 22, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Oregon Ballot Box

How Oregon Increased Voter Turnout More Than Any Other State How Oregon Increased Voter Turnout More Than Any Other State

New evidence shows how automatic voter registration increased not only voter participation but also voter diversity.

Jul 27, 2017 / StudentNation / Sean McElwee, Brian Schaffner, and Jesse Rhodes

Supporters of the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on November 9, 2016.

Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways

If there are 7 million Obama-to-Trump voters, why didn’t Trump’s vote total increase by 7 million?

Jul 18, 2017 / Steve Phillips

What Can the Left Do About Trump?

What Can the Left Do About Trump? What Can the Left Do About Trump?

Jim Zirin in conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Jun 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Christine Pellegrino Win

No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.

The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.

May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

stacey abrams

Trumpism Will Be Defeated by a Movement on the Horizon Trumpism Will Be Defeated by a Movement on the Horizon

Georgia House minority leader Stacey Abrams is showing one way forward.

May 26, 2017 / Kai Wright

Trump and Republicans celebrate AHCA

History Will Remember These 217 House Republicans for Their Inhumanity History Will Remember These 217 House Republicans for Their Inhumanity

What Paul Ryan and his minions just voted for is immoral.

May 4, 2017 / no-paywall / John Nichols

Democrats Can Retake the House in 2018 Without Converting a Single Trump Voter

Democrats Can Retake the House in 2018 Without Converting a Single Trump Voter Democrats Can Retake the House in 2018 Without Converting a Single Trump Voter

Close races in Kansas and Georgia explain how.

Apr 27, 2017 / Steve Phillips

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