#house-majority-projection

#house-majority-projection

"Getting rich by betting on inside information is corruption, plain and simple," Hochul said in a statement. "Our actions will ensure that public servants work for the people they represent, not their own personal enrichment."

Israel's killing of over 75,000 Palestinians, as well as its role in the Iran War, has led to a steep drop in popularity among Democratic voters, and increasingly among lawmakers as well.

Analilia Mejia's win with a nearly 20-point margin over Hathaway is significant, indicating strong voter support for Democrats in the current political climate.

Martha, I think most people are economic voters. I think they're pocketbook issue voters, which is why we need to be speaking to them. And the one thing that we've made very plain is because of the things we did last summer, they're going to have more money in their pockets.

The biggest gain for Democrats was a race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Liberal Judge Chris Taylor won the race and Enten noted it marked a 21-point gain for Democrats compared to 2024.

In perhaps a vain attempt to prove themselves moderate, the Democratic lawmakers helped override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Voters responded with the kind of ballot-box fury that should serve as a lesson to other incumbents. It wasn't just a case that the incumbents lost. They were buried, with several of them getting trounced by margins of 40 points or more.

I think we know what the agenda items are. Accomplishing those is going to be hard with a small majority. The upshot is that Trump's prime-time address is unlikely to make more than a ripple in the congressional agenda over the coming months. It's the reality, Republicans acknowledged Wednesday, of life in Washington right now: Despite its trifecta, the party's legislative ambitions are being hemmed in by its barely-there majorities.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge's Political Psychology Lab tracked shifts in Americans' views across nearly four decades and found that divisions were broadly stable through the 1990s and early 2000s, before rising steadily from 2008 onward. Using more than 35,000 responses from the American National Election Studies between 1988 and 2024, they estimate that issue polarization has increased 64% since the late 1980s, with almost all of that change occurring after 2008.

The Supreme Court's ruling against his signature tariff policy just days before the speech underscored just how quickly Trump's most brazen and signature actions could disintegrate amid a mountain of legal challenges.