— Just 16 districts voted for one party for president and the other for House, which is the same historically-low total as 2020.
— But there are 13 Democrats in Donald Trump-won districts compared to just 3 Republicans in Kamala Harris-won districts.
Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins.
When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four years.
The times, they are a-changing. The balance of power in the perhaps
— While the nation has more than 3,100 counties, just about 150 of them cast roughly half of all presidential votes.
— In the Trump era, the gap between the biggest counties and the rest of the country is larger than it was previously, although the overall difference contracted slightly in both 2020 and then 2024 after an initial large widening in 2016.
— In improving his margin in the national popular vote by about 6 points from 2020, Donald Trump ran further ahead of his 2020 margin in the nation’s most vote-rich counties than he did in the rest of the country.
Independence Day, celebrated on July 4 of every year, is a national holiday commemorating the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, which established the United States of America, gaining freedom from British subjugation and tyranny.
Winning the 2024 election was only the beginning -- the Trump effect is
now sweeping the globe.
Shortly before Milton Friedman's death in 2006, I had the privilege of
New Year's Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is RealClearPolitics analyst Sean Trende's 2012 book "The Lost Majority," whose bold thesis was unduly neglected by political scientists spinning tales of a permanent New Deal Democratic majority.
In the dreamlike days between Christmas and the regular work week's return in the new year, it's easy to believe all things are possible.
The media have been playing up the "civil war" inside the GOP between what Politico calls the "MAGA Republicans and Big Tech." The restrictionists in the party want fewer visas, and the pro-growth wing wants more.
Maybe the lesson this Christmas season is that even if turnabout is fair play, at some point, enough is enough.
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year -- especially in an election year.
Here's my wish list for the incoming Trump administration to make America healthy and prosperous and great again in 2025.
President Joe Biden may not always be aware of his surroundings or activities, but he surely knows that Christmas is approaching. He is playing the role of Santa Claus, preparing his sleigh with holiday treats for his White House successor, Donald Trump.
The movie "The Matrix" gave us the "red pill" and the "blue pill." The red wakes you up to reality; the blue keeps you indoctrinated.
One of the highest priorities for the incoming Trump administration should be to end the Democrats' weaponization of powerful government agencies against taxpayers and businesses they don't like. Nowhere has this mission been more pernicious than the party-line vote to fund the IRS with nearly $80 billion and hire tens of thousands of new tax snoops.
