With 13 days to go, more than 40 million ballots have already been cast in the 2020 presidential election.
That represents 30% of the total number of votes cast in the 2016 election.
Save to FavoritesElaina Schor: “With Democrats preparing to try to put Trump effectively back on the ballot in next year’s midterms, we can expect to hear a lot more House Republicans being…
Axios: “We’ve seen Pelosi cut opponents off at the knees, like she did with President Trump, or pretend to forget their names, as she did to Sen. Ron Johnson. Now…
Dan Rather: “Republicans desperately want the mainstream press to cover the daily news cycle through the lens of traditional party politics. At the same time, they go on their propaganda…
“You have to lie to qualify to be a Republican.” — David Brooks, on the PBS NewsHour. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on Email
“Glenn Youngkin, the multimillionaire businessman who sought to cast himself as a political outsider with the best chance to challenge Democratic power, will represent Republicans in the race to become…
A New York Times editorial: “All of the candidates in the June 22 Democratic primary are concerned with the welfare of their city and have thoughtful ideas about how to…
“Senate Republicans are signaling that they could raise the price tag of their infrastructure offer to President Joe Biden, days ahead of a pivotal series of meetings that could make-or-break…
Associated Press: “A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under…
Jonathan Bernstein: “The big thing to know is that rising partisan polarization means that congressional midterm elections are increasingly nationalized votes on the popularity of the incumbent president — which…
The FDA announced today that it will expand emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 15. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on…
Josh Kraushaar: “The increasingly heated debates over education—ranging from the slow pace of school openings to curricular changes to the elimination or rollback of gifted-and-talented programs for top students—are now…
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) deflected a question from the Washington Examiner about whether she believes Joe Biden legitimately won the presidential election. Said Stefanik: “President Biden is president and the…
“U.S. officials suspect that a notorious Russian spy agency may be behind alleged attacks that are causing mysterious health issues among U.S. government personnel across the world,” Politico reports. “Officials…
Time: “How did she go from saying that one particular Republican candidate was ‘disqualifying themselves with untruthful statements’ in 2015 to feeding vague conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden on Steve…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent his caucus a letter about removing Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post: Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it’s…
The Atlantic: “For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe.” Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare on…
With 95% of the votes in for the Virginia GOP gubernatorial nomination — but before any candidates have been eliminated in the coming rounds of ranked choice voting — VPAP…
Associated Press: “Eager to the turn the page on the Trump years, the Biden White House is launching an effort to unearth past problems with the politicization of science within…
Wall Street Journal: “The Biden administration will begin distributing $350 billion to state and local governments this month, giving them money to pay for pandemic-related costs, fill revenue shortfalls and…
Wall Street Journal: “Many Republicans say enhanced and extended unemployment benefits are discouraging Americans from seeking work, especially in low-wage jobs where the aid often pays more than they earned…
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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