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You can’t repeat the elections past
Scott Fitzgerald wrote that “the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” I would be among the last to know what goes through a first-...
The purple-state problem
Most close readers of this column know that I see our nation’s political divisions as so great as to make the last line in the Pledge of Allegiance, that we are “one nation” and “indivisible,” hardly descriptive.
While some states or congr...
The Morning after Michigan
The fight over control of the U.S. House now takes on even greater importance now that Democratic chances of recapturing a Senate majority have effectively evaporated.
Democrats’ Cruel Senate Math
With the U.S. Senate currently split betw...
Blue Chip Quality Polling
As serious midterm election watchers await the results in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, I wanted to get several documents off my plate and into your hands. Many readers of my Substack, Charlie Cook Politics, will find them helpful...
The remaining primary risks for Democrats
It wouldn’t seem to be that complicated. The November 2026 midterm election presents great danger for Republicans and huge opportunity for Democrats.
Midterm elections are usually very dangerous for a party holding the White House, particu...
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