With the holidays upon us and the turn of the calendar looming, it’s time for the 2022 edition of my top ten list of politicians who had the best and worst year. I first undertook this exercise back in December 2021, and found it a fruitful way to chart the course of a year in our political life. Far too often our focus on the present obfuscates the larger trends and … [Read more...] about The Ten Politicians Who Had the Best and Worst 2022
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Warnock Wins Over Walker and What It Means
The 2022 midterms are finally over. Incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia won his first full term Tuesday night over former football player and Republican nominee Herschel Walker. With nearly all of the precincts in, Warnock stands at 1,814,847 votes (51.4%) while Walker received 1,719,393 votes (48.6%). Now that the 2022 election cycle is officially in … [Read more...] about Warnock Wins Over Walker and What It Means
How the 2022 Midterms Altered Biden’s and Trump’s 2024 Hopes
Welcome to Election Week 2022! With DDHQ being the only election return service to call control of both the House and Senate, we can start to draw some conclusions from the 2022 elections, and what they can tell us about the upcoming 2024 Presidential race. Let’s start with the incumbent President Joe Biden, who seemed headed for the kind of first midterm reckoning dealt … [Read more...] about How the 2022 Midterms Altered Biden’s and Trump’s 2024 Hopes
Where Biden Stands, Compared to His Predecessors, on the Eve of His First Midterm
It’s nearly that time again, as we’re less than two weeks away from the 2022 midterm elections. The reason we referred to them as midterms, of course, is that they occur at the midway point of each President’s term – effectively serving as a kind of exam to test each incumbent President. The conventional wisdom, then, is that the higher a President’s approval ratings, the … [Read more...] about Where Biden Stands, Compared to His Predecessors, on the Eve of His First Midterm
Examining A Possible Biden-Trump Rematch in 2024
It’s the question on everyone’s mind. Well, anyone with even a passing interest in American politics, which these days constitutes just about everyone in America. Will the 2024 presidential election be a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? Now, I hate to break this to all of you, but I don’t actually know the answer. What I can tell you, though, is that such … [Read more...] about Examining A Possible Biden-Trump Rematch in 2024