Category 2024 President
PODCAST: Walz is picked, and political consultants are wrong
In this episode, Dave Trotter and Kartik Krishnaiyer talk about how picking Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was the absolute best choice for Democrats. We also talk about how the consultancy class has lost their minds over the selection of Walz. And finally, we talk about possible states to watch in the coming elections.
New podcast covering elections starting this Wednesday
Starting this Wednesday, Voting Trend will have a weekly podcast to talk about campaign and elections, look at polling data, and discuss the state of politics today. I will be joined by Kartik Krishnaiyer for this weekly podcast. So, look for that first episode to drop on Wednesday!
Are Democrats becoming the “Culver’s Party”?
The selection of Tim Walz helps Democrats capture the cultural center of America. Continue reading at Voting Trend.
The brilliant Walz pick- The political consultant class is wrong again
It’s been reported the classic Democratic DC consultant class operatives as well as many “Never Trump” GOPers, and professional centrists thought that Josh Shapiro should be Kamala Harris’ VP pick. Shapiro no doubt would come from the same tired playbook that led Hillary Clinton to pick Tim Kaine and to assume that a VP pick […]
Five ways Walz’s entry shapes the 2024 election.
The dynamic of this campaign has change, and so has the focus. Read more at Voting Trend
Signs Harris is solidifying Latino support
The most recent CBS/YouGov poll indicates that lukewarm Hispanic supporters of Biden are more bullish on Harris. Read more at Voting Trend
The Blue MAGA cult
Yesterday, the “vote for Biden to save democracy” argument died. Prior to the Biden debate debacle, the narrative from the Democrats was “if you want to save democracy, you then need to vote against Trump.” Of course, this means that you have to vote for Biden, the only alternative in an extremely broken two-party political […]
It’s official: The race for president is purely a turnout race.
With no movement in the polls, any chance of making this election a “persuasion” election is out the window. Read more at Voting Trend.
Democrats name Florida leadership team for 2024- but why?
Florida has gone from a plus 200,000 Democratic voter advantage over the GOP to minus close to 1,000,000 voters since the book closing for the 2020 election. Given Donald Trump won Florida by 3.5% in 2020, if turnout remained the same among both parties voters and the NPA split remained the same (which I personally […]
RFK Jr. ,Nicole Shanahan, the donor class and the politics of victimization
For a third party candidate to be anything but a spoiler they must articulate a different point-of-view from the two major political parties. This week Robert Kennedy Jr. picked Nicole Shanahan as his running mate. Kennedy’s backers have assailed the donor class and corporate control of politics, yet their man has picked a classic insider/donor-class […]
The Florida Squeeze 