National Politics Will Senate GOP Feel the Heat in 2020? Given that control of the House is teetering and the battle over the 51-49 Senate is just short of hand-to-hand-combat, it may seem odd to be thinking about the 2020 Senate elections. But there is… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 20, 2018
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National Politics Why Kavanaugh Looks Like a Done Deal The more things change, the more they stay the same. While retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy had long been considered the swing vote in many high-profile cases on a Supreme Court routinely divided… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 17, 2018
National Politics Why House Control Is Getting the Headlines This year is one of the few in memory when the fight for control of the House is getting more attention than the one for the Senate, normally the more glamorous of the two. The Senate could flip… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 13, 2018
DEMS National Politics A Glimpse Into What the Democratic Freshman Class May Look Like AWalter Head Amy Walter July 12, 2018
National Politics Democrats Risk Overreach on Immigration It was to my dismay that I discovered from “The Quote Investigator” that Abraham Lincoln may not have coined the phrase “defeat from the jaws of victory.” The (untrue) story goes that Lincoln,… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 10, 2018
National Politics An Electoral Fight Between Two Very Different Americas The fight for control of Congress is being fought in two very different Americas. Of the 18 competitive and potentially competitive Senate races, those categorized in The Cook Political Report as… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 6, 2018
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National Politics What Kennedy’s Retirement Means for the Midterms What are the electoral implications of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement that he will retire from the Supreme Court? With about a third fewer people voting in midterm than in presidential… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. July 3, 2018
National Politics Trump’s Risky Bet on His Base President Trump has given a new twist to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous line, “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” In the case of the president, that which hurts him… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. June 29, 2018
Immigration National Politics Are Democrats Ready to Make Immigration an Issue in the Midterms? AWalter Head Amy Walter June 26, 2018
National Politics What’s Fueling Trump’s Rise in the Polls The Trump presidency has a plethora of unique attributes, but one of the most surprising to me is the lack of volatility of his poll numbers. Using the Gallup Organization’s weekly polling as a… Charlie Cook New Charles E. Cook, Jr. June 22, 2018