Bernadette Greene-Placentia Chooses To Tell Her Story Bernadette Greene-Placentia spoke publicly this week in an interview with the Phoenix New Times, saying she was assaulted while doing a routine she followed all summer, fixing damaged campaign signs late at night. Election Day is 26 days away. Because this involves a reported sexual assault and an … Read more
Susan Collins Troy Jackson Debate Strategy Became Obvious Within Minutes The Susan Collins Troy Jackson Maine Senate debate made one thing clear almost immediately Tuesday night. Jackson’s entire strategy centered on a single name, repeated over and over throughout the hour long broadcast on WGME-TV. Jackson invoked President Trump by name at least 20 times … Read more
Trump In Grand Island Is About More Than One Campaign Stop Trump in Grand Island Monday night drew a packed crowd to the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, but the choice of location itself tells a more interesting story than the rally speech alone. Trump headlined the event at Fonner Park’s Pinnacle Bank Expo Center, supporting Gov. … Read more
House Republicans Majority Election Outlook Comes Down To A Surprisingly Small Number The House Republicans majority election outlook gets framed constantly as a battle over dozens of competitive seats nationwide. The more useful number for understanding this race is actually much smaller, and much more fragile, than that framing suggests. Republicans currently hold the House … Read more
Trump White House Economic Announcements Iowa Plan Hits A Familiar Wall Trump White House economic announcements Iowa officials celebrated on September 28 are already facing real scrutiny, and the timeline of exactly what happened next deserves more attention than the initial headlines received. Standing in the Oval Office alongside Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Rep. … Read more
Social Security Benefits Face A Real Deadline, But Not The One Most People Fear Social Security benefits are heading toward a genuine financial cliff, but new polling reveals most Americans fundamentally misunderstand what that cliff actually looks like. That gap in understanding may be part of why Washington hasn’t treated this as an urgent priority. … Read more
Trump Voter Approval Summer Polling Tells A More Complicated Story Than “Cruel Summer” Trump voter approval summer polling has been covered almost entirely through one lens this week, a rough stretch getting rougher. That framing captures part of the picture but misses two genuinely important details buried in the same data everyone is citing. Multiple … Read more
Supreme Court Backs Trump’s Order To Curb Mail Ballots, With A Major Asterisk Supreme Court backs Trump’s order to curb mail ballots is the headline running across nearly every outlet today. What most of that coverage skips is just how narrow this particular win actually is, and how little may change on the ground because … Read more
Donald Trump State Level Polling Is Telling Several Different Stories At Once Donald Trump state level polling has become genuinely confusing to follow this August, and not because voters keep changing their minds every few days. The confusion comes from how differently pollsters go about measuring the same electorate. Recent national surveys illustrate the problem … Read more
Donald Trump State Approval Ratings Now Read Like An Electoral Map Donald Trump state approval ratings usually get covered as one flat national headline. That framing misses what actually matters heading into November, since the state by state breakdown tells a far more specific story. Seven key battlegrounds, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, … Read more