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The Democrats’ losses in 1994 weren’t about its gun-control efforts; yet that’s the message that stuck.

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Democrats face strong headwinds in the midterms, but a potential boost for them could be a turnout of young voters, who appear heavily engaged this year.

I'm running out of ways to say "I told you so."

"my mental model is slightly more favorable to the GOP than the FiveThirtyEight forecast"

You know how you can tell that senior Democrats know they are licked in the midterms? They are starting to pre-spin the results to claim that they overperformed expectations, and therefore even if they lose both the House and Senate, because they lost it by much less than it might have been, it shouldnt be seen as any kind of extraordinary public rebuke of Democratic Party rule. So Brandon can

From the commentary: On Thursday the Washington Post reported that a majority of Republican nominees for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all, in every region and nearly every state — deny or question Biden's election. Most are likely to win — they are running for safe Republican seats — giving them some role in certifying future elections, whether as governors, election administrators or members of Congress. ... That doesn't bode well for our democracy. Ame...

The GOP won't get the shellacking they need to turn from their antidemocratic path.

America's pattern of calcified politics makes for repeated high-stakes elections fought in apocalyptic tones, with neither party willing to yield an inch.

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