For years, Iowa and New Hampshire have led the nominating calendar, but the Democrats want to give more influence to states that don't have overwhelmingly white electorates.
Democrats are expected to recommend the states that will hold the first presidential nominating contests in 2028, likely cementing a calendar that moves away from Iowa and New Hampshire in favor of more racially diverse states
Are Democratic socialist candidates costing Democrats Latino votes? Jose Aristimuño, a former Obama administration official, joins "Prove It! with Batya" to discuss why Latino voters feel abandoned by both parties.
70 years after the Red Scare and 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, President Trump and Republicans are trying to re-introduce a national fear of "godless communists" ahead of the critical midterms. Why it matters: A wave of resounding victories by Democratic Socialists has the GOP trotting out a message that last worked when most of those candidates weren't even born. - It's too soon to know if the message is working — but Trump and Republican strategists see an opening with voters old enough to remember Soviet-era nuclear drills and spy dramas. The big picture: Former Trump aide Steve Bannon has argued for years that former Wisconsin Sen. Joe McCarthy was right about communism's widespread infiltration into the U.S.…
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Trump has "lost the faith of his most loyal supporters on the year’s most pressing issue," a political correspondent for the New York Times wrote.
Latinos are like other Americans, which makes them a tougher sell for Democrats than they'd like.
The party is trying desperately to win back some voters in the key swing group.
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We’ve grouped six battleground states by some of the factors that shape how likely it is for the party to flip each Senate seat.