Conservatives tend to be rural, uneducated, older, and white, while liberals tend to be younger, live in cities, have college educations, and come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds — and those differences are only hardening with time.
My grandma votes Republican because she believes in three things: money, strength, and the rule of law. Whether the Republican Party stands for any of those things is beside the point because, to her, and to a lot of other people still, the Republicans represent those values more than the Democrats.
A recent survey revealed that most Americans believe the word “weak” is what best describes Democrats. Clearly, the Democrats don’t exactly project strength—and it isn’t just a marketing problem.
The fact that so many Americans, including liberals, support a pardon for Trump is further evidence that a lot of Americans aren’t interested in justice, unity, or “healing”—they’re just afraid.
America insists on coddling the super-rich, making sure their children will never go broke, while neglecting the poor and forcing them to fend for themselves.
We have a situation where right-wing lunatics with an ironclad base just need to persuade a few suburban women that critical race theory is coming to eat their children. And that’s all it takes to defeat the scrambling, ineffectual Democrats.
The Republicans big win in the Virginia gubernatorial race has pundits predicting a wave of GOP victories in 2022 and 2024.
Americans owe the refugees more than we can offer them, just like we owe the Afghan people more than we could deliver, writes Daniel Cubias
