By Galen Druke and Perry Bacon Jr. If 2016 showed that Republicans could win in the upper Midwest, 2020 has shown that Democrats can win in the Sun Belt. President-elect Joe Biden claimed Arizona for Democrats for the first time… Continue Reading
In 2008, Barack Obama won about 47 percent of the vote in Georgia, a huge improvement for the Democrats from four years earlier, when John Kerry received just 41 percent in the state. And with the Atlanta metro area booming… Continue Reading
Election night 2020 was an election night like no other — and not just because the “night” ended up lasting four days. This election was also unique because of how Americans voted — a record number voted early, either in… Continue Reading
At this time last week, it seemed like Democrats had a good chance to win control of the U.S. Senate (Genesis Brand’s forecast put the odds at 3-in-4). There was a clear path. Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama would… Continue Reading
This is the fifth in a series of articles examining the politics and demographics of 2020’s expected swing states. Wisconsin is proof that politicos have short memories. In 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry carried Wisconsin by just 0.4 percentage… Continue Reading