A few weeks ago, Kathryn Wylde, the normally consensus-driven president of the Partnership for New York City, did something totally out of character — and downright reckless, according to some business leaders. Namely, Wylde, whose group is supposed to advocate for the city’s biggest banks and real estate firms, appeared to endorse Letitia James for mayor … Read more
Florida Democrats are teaming up with Swifties for Harris voter outreach groups to take advantage of superstar Taylor Swift’s three Miami shows this weekend, according to a report. They are hosting listening parties, statewide canvasses and phone banking, as well as tie-ins to merchandise and streaming of Swift’s song mash-ups, Politico reported. They are also … Read more
Abortion is a hot topic in the November election at multiple levels, but particularly on the Colorado ballot, which features Amendment 79 — a proposed change that would enshrine the state’s abortion protections in the state constitution. The fate of abortion access is currently determined by the states following the 2022 overturning of Roe v. … Read more
In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an influential book called The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Taleb argued that Black Swan events (e.g., 9/11 or the development of Google) share three criteria: they are extremely rare, extremely impactful, and—in spite of being outliers—explainable and even predictable after the fact. Both Donald Trump’s … Read more
In a typical election year, Colorado’s 4th Congressional District would be all but written off. The Eastern Plains district, on paper, is the most Republican-leaning in the state. In 2022, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck won reelection by nearly 24 percentage points, about in line with the advantage Republicans should expect given the 4th’s partisan makeup. … Read more
Something strange is happening in Texas: a Democratic challenger is within striking distance of winning a Senate seat. Stranger still, that challenger, Colin Allred, is a former professional football player who is running as a Democrat. Allred played for Baylor University, then spent four years in the N.F.L. as a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, … Read more
It sounds like arcane insider jargon best kept inside a campaign headquarters: Does this election come down to persuasion or mobilization? But the terminology is really just a fancy way of asking whether a campaign should prioritize swaying undecided voters or turning out its base. No matter the rhetoric, though, answering that question is fundamental … Read more
Before Eva Burch and I walked into her home in Mesa, Arizona, she checked on the birds nesting right outside her door. Still in her scrubs from working as a nurse practitioner and without much time before her night shift duties as a mom of two boys, she sat down at her kitchen table to … Read more
Amendment J would protect same-sex marriages in Colorado by repealing the state constitution’s now-defunct definition — which recognizes only unions between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriages were legalized nationwide in 2015 by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. Colorado was already issuing gay marriage licenses the prior year, … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t given many long-form interviews during her presidential campaign but during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, she discussed reproductive rights, and dismissed criticisms about not having biological children. In response to jabs from JD Vance about “childless cat ladies,” or Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders slamming Harris for … Read more
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