Real Clear Politics
Three Things That Finally Brought Down Sen. Collins
Near 'Extinction Level Event' for Republicans
It's the Era of the New New Democrats
Tuesday's election results demolished the conventional wisdom that Democrats need to run cautious, corporate-friendly centrists to win in purple and red states.
Democrats Won. Now They Have a Choice To Make
The breadth of the Democrats' win means they have the opportunity to break that partisan stalemate that has gripped the country since 2000.
Democrats Didn't Win, Republicans Lost. There's a Way To Fix This
Two States With the Biggest Tsunamis
Texas and North Carolina saw the wildest outcomes on election night.
Talarico Demolition Is Crown Jewel of Dems' Win
In a night full of incredible victories for Team Blue, none was more remarkable or significant than Texas state legislator James Talarico's landslide win over Attorney General Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat that Republicans had held since 1961.
Progressives' Biggest Night in a Generation
In the days leading up to Tuesday's election, prognosticators issued the obligatory warning that polls could be subject to systematic error. And indeed, polls did fail to capture something: the scale of the Democratic wave.
The Twilight of Boomer Republicanism
The boomer Republican mindset exists for good reason. But it supplies no answers to the foreign-policy challenges of the last 35 years
California Billionaires Exhale as Prop 40 Goes Down
Larry Page, Larry Ellison, and Peter Thiel are breathing a sigh of relief after California voters soundly rejected Proposition 40, the ballot measure that would have taken a one-time 5% bite out of the fortunes of the state's billionaires.
GOP Disaster Can Be Traced to Kirk Assassination
Kirk's death cast a shadow over the Trump admin and marked off a downward spiral that may have reached electoral rock bottom last night.
Anti-War MAGA Was Right
Well, the results are in, and the Republican Party got absolutely annihilated in the midterm elections. They massively lost the House, as expected, and they also lost the Senate, as I predicted. But Democrats won way, way, way more seats than even the most partisan leftists dreamed they would get.
The Big Beautiful Mandate Trap
"So, what I really want you to do is pretend, please, that I'm on the ballot." President Trump implored Americans across the country to vote for Republican candidates based on his performance in the last two years.
Angry Voters Usher In Beginning of the End to Trump Era
The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.
A Triumph for Schumer, Jeffries
The midterm elections delivered a strong repudiation of Trump and GOP policies, and a triumph for Schumer and Jeffries.
The Real Reason We Lost Is Obvious to Almost Everyone
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was
A $12B Illusion: Why GOP Losses Demand Different Investment
Last night's results were a receipt, not a mystery.

