As Kerry Eleveld covered just a short while ago, bunker-cowering president Donald Trump’s job approval numbers in a new CNN/SSRS poll have utterly collapsed—down to 38% approve, 57% disapprove. The poll has presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden ahead by a gaudy 55-41 that, if accurate, would have Biden approaching the 400 electoral vote mark. The…
Want to win close elections in 2020 and beyond? Organize and invest in Native voters
The first political campaign I volunteered for was the 2002 race of former South Dakota Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. Seeing the potential of our own communities to be able to determine their own political future, I wanted to help any way I could. That election underscored just how significant the Native vote can be. With…
Morning Digest: Facing ethics probe, GOP congressman in competitive seat spends big on legal fees
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● AZ-06: GOP Rep. David Schweikert has become accustomed to easy re-election campaigns, but political shifts…
Trump adviser calls anti-lockdown protesters ‘modern-day Rosa Parks’ as nation faces pandemic
As small groups of protesters gathered in a handful of states across the country, right-wing economist Stephen Moore compared their actions to none other than civil rights icon Rosa Parks, as reported by The Washington Post. What were these protesters doing in groups that almost certainly don’t fit the guidelines for social distancing during a…
How does ‘Keep America Great’ work as a campaign slogan, when America has gone to hell?
“Keep America Great” is the obvious reelection campaign slogan for a president who campaigned on making America great in the first place. It’s his country now. Yet what happens to that campaign slogan when people sour on the current state of the nation? Here are the current right-track, wrong-track national numbers. Civiqs Results Great news for…
This Week in Statehouse Action: Quarantination edition
[[waves from a responsible social distance]] Congrats on almost making through another week of … this. You know who also deserves congratulations? Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson, an intensive care nurse who donned her scrubs and traveled to New York City to help treat coronavirus patients. Her home state finally implemented its own stay-at-home order at the…