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Good luck finding patriotic politicians
Ruy Teixeira and Karlyn Bowman explore the absence of patriotism from much of today’s political discourse. Simple appreciation for America, and a desire to build on its strengths, has become…
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DSA will alienate voters Democrats need to win
Ruy Teixeira explains why democratic socialists are likely to do more harm than good for Democrats. There was a brief, shining moment right after the 2024 election when it seemed…
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Minnesota fraud should ‘wake up’ Democrats
Ruy Teixeira hopes fellow Democrats learn a lesson from the Minnesota welfare fraud scandal. The specter of welfare fraud haunts the Democrats once again. Concerns about abuse of generous government…
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People view weather through partisan lens
Roger Pielke and Ruy Teixeira document a partisan divide among Americans responding to weather events. The IPCC has detected increases in heat waves, extreme precipitation, ecological and agricultural drought (also…
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Democrats Can Survive Trump 2.0 with Significant Changes
Ruy Teixeira of the American Enterprise Institute offers Democrats a guide for dealing with the second Donald Trump presidential term. Three months after the Democrats’ electoral drubbing, the party is…
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Democrat Criticizes His Party’s Approach to Elections
Ruy Teixeira takes his Democratic Party to task. Democrats cannot decisively beat their opponents as this election has shown once again. The party is uncompetitive among white working-class voters and…
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Identity Politics Not as Powerful as Predicted
Alex Welz writes for National Review Online about a prediction that has fallen short of the mark. In 2002, Ruy Teixeira and John Judis famously envisioned an “emerging Democratic majority”…
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Voters Aren’t Buying the Left’s Energy Agenda
Roger Pielke and Ruy Teixeira highlight voters’ concerns about Democrats’ push for a “clean energy” transition. The future of the clean energy transition is cloudy. It’s well-known that there are…
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Neither Party Pushing for Majority Coalition
Ruy Teixeira and Yuval Levin explore current challenges for the major American political parties. In the American political system, the parties’ purpose is to form enduring national coalitions. Look at…
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Wide Open Border as Electoral Strategy
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist questions Democrats’ interest in border security. If you want to know where Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats stand on the border and…
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Dems’ Shift Away from Working Class Hurts Harris
Ruy Teixeira explores Vice President Kamala Harris’ electoral coalition. These are heady days for Democrats. After a near-death experience with the fading Biden candidacy they have been revived by the…
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‘Defending Democracy’ Not a Campaign Winner for Biden
Ruy Teixeira questions a key pillar of President Biden’s re-election campaign. Naturally, the Biden campaign will seek to put a number of messages into play where they feel they have…