One of the reasons's Donald Trump does well with Republican voters is because they feel like most of America is leaving them behind.... The more Donald Trump seems to be NOT in touch with a America that is changing in the 21st Century?....The stronger they seem to bond with … [Read more...] about Trump supporters have their guy’s back…
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The Midwest doesn’t like Trump anymore; the South likes him fine….
Donald Trump changed the electoral map in 2016, but state-by-state polling from Morning Consult suggests that it’s changing back rather quickly. In broad terms, the Trump shift was to do better than Mitt Romney with white voters with no college degree but considerably worse than … [Read more...] about The Midwest doesn’t like Trump anymore; the South likes him fine….
Protests breakout against ICE…
Immigration enforcement as an issue is growing.... Protesters are occupying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country, inspired by a Portland protest that resulted in the indefinite shutdown of an ICE detention center on Wednesday. "Occupy ICE" … [Read more...] about Protests breakout against ICE…
Daily Kos Elections releases our initial 2018 House race ratings
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. LEADING OFF ● House: Daily Kos … [Read more...] about Daily Kos Elections releases our initial 2018 House race ratings
Donald Trump’s actions to make Immigration More popular to American’s…Open Thread for 6/23/18…
A full 75% of Americans SUPPORT efforts by outsiders to come to America to live their lives.... And.... 65% of Republicans also support the idea.... 85% of Democrats.... So? While Donald Trump (with his trusty assistant Stephen Miller coaxing him on) fights to … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s actions to make Immigration More popular to American’s…Open Thread for 6/23/18…
The First Lady went to Texas to talk about children..The media only is about her jacket….
Trump's wife decided to go down to Texas and check on the plight of the children down there... Texas is almost underwater with rain... And Melania Trump went anyways.... Now we know they made sure to show her the best they could.... But here's the rub..... The … [Read more...] about The First Lady went to Texas to talk about children..The media only is about her jacket….
Conservatives ramp up their employment in the American Government…
The NY Times does a piece on how the Heritage Foundation , a rightwingnut outfit, is sending it's people to fill jobs in the Trump admin.... To the winner...Goes the spoils.... The job of staffing the government is the first, and in many ways defining, challenge faced by … [Read more...] about Conservatives ramp up their employment in the American Government…
Racial Fear and Trump’s Support Among Evangelicals
Janelle Wong: “My research indicates white evangelical conservatism correlates strongly with their perceptions anti-white discrimination, even after taking into account economic status, party, age and region. Fully 50 percent of white evangelical respondents to our 2016 survey … [Read more...] about Racial Fear and Trump’s Support Among Evangelicals