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What Does It Mean When Your Party Brand Collapses?

Growing Tribalism Threatens the American Experiment

TLP Weekend Edition (December 21-22, 2024)

The Anti-Social Socialists

Marijuana, Abortion, and the Changing Democratic Coalition

Trump Should Enjoy a Longer Honeymoon This Time Around

What Americans Think About the “Language Wars”

Beyond Red and Blue

TLP Weekend Edition (December 14-15, 2024)

A Golden Opportunity for Republicans in California

The Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Crash

Hating the Other Side Doesn’t Work for Democrats

How Democrats Misread the Environment

A Moment of Clarity

TLP Weekend Edition (December 7-8, 2024)

Twilight of the Liberal Left?

Economic Populism: Opiate of the Democrats

The Blue Dog Blueprint

Will Democrats “Get in Touch” with Working-Class America?

The Left-Flank Albatross

How Latinos Elected Trump

Successful Populism Requires More Than Bashing Corporations and the Rich

How Missouri Captures the Democrats’ Image Problem

Americans Need Smart and Effective Drug Policies

TLP Weekend Edition (November 23-24, 2024)

How Democratic Senators Survived the Trump Tide

Throw the Groups Under the Bus!

The “But Harris Ran As a Moderate” Evasion

What’s Next For Independents?

The Democrats’ Long Goodbye to the Working Class

TLP Weekend Edition (November 16-17, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Patrick Ruffini)

EVENT: Class, Race, Gender, and the 2024 Election

Farewell to the “Rising American Electorate”

Cross-Pressured Voters are Unrepresented in the Democratic Party

Harris Lost the Working Class

10 Things We Know About the Election So Far

TLP Weekend Edition (November 9-10, 2024)

Lone Star Letdown

The Shattering of the Democratic Coalition

Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

Election Day To-Do List

The Trends I’m Watching During Election Week (Part 2)

TLP Weekend Edition (November 2-3, 2024)

A Final House Preview

The Demographics of a Trump Victory—Or Defeat

Both Parties Ignore the Working Class Down the Stretch

The Trends I’m Watching During Election Week (Part 1)

Are Young Men Really Going to Vote for Donald Trump?

TLP Weekend Edition (October 26-27, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Tim Shenk)

The Progressive Moment Is Over

The 2020 Decision That Could Cost Trump the Election

Don’t Lose Your Mind Over the Election Results

How Harris Wins

The Idiot’s Guide to Dominating American Politics

TLP Weekend Edition (October 19-20, 2024)

Mark, Marjorie, and a Curious Case of Reverse Coattails

Another Stalemate Election

What If It Just Comes Down to Chance?

Why Hispanics Are Becoming Less Reliably Democratic

Supply-Side Drug Policies are Paramount

TLP's 1000th Newsletter

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Sean Trende)

The Clean Energy Transition’s Voter Problem

Look at Vote Share, Not Margin, for November Clues

The Counties to Watch on Election Night

A Year of Anguish for the Hostages in Gaza—and Their Families

TLP Weekend Edition (October 5-6, 2024)

Democrats Should Focus on Education Issues that Matter to Voters

The Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem Deepens

What Exactly Are We Fighting About?

Harris’s Identity Is Unlikely to Determine Her Fate

Trump and Harris on Middle East Policy

TLP Weekend Edition (September 28-29, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Musa al-Gharbi)

How Trump Wins

Education and Gender Polarization Will Decide Pennsylvania

Does Harris or Trump Hold the Advantage in the Home Stretch?

Lessons for America from UK Labour

The Power of the Party

TLP Weekend Edition (September 21-22, 2024)

An Electoral College Tie Would Be a Win for Trump

Energy Abundance, Not Climate Action, Is the Road Forward for Harris

American Presidential Elections are Too Long

Close Presidential Elections Are Likely Here to Stay

As Erie County Goes

TLP Weekend Edition (September 14-15, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Jonah Goldberg)

Harris’s Working-Class Problem

Democrats Chase an Upset in Florida

The Battle for Skeptical Independents

Voters Aren’t Buying Harris's Pivot to the Middle So Far

Is Social Media Driving Young People Crazy?

TLP Weekend Edition (September 7-8, 2024)

The Election is Really, Really Close

The Rise of Vince Lombardi Democrats

Courage in the Face of Absurdity

The State of the Race, Two Months Out

TLP Weekend Edition (August 24-25, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Julius Krein)

Democrats Are Super Happy, Working-Class Voters Are Not

Campaigns Are Not For Loyalists

The Democrats’ “Blue Wall” Matters for More than Just Its Electoral Votes

The Case for Patriotism

TLP Weekend Edition (August 17-18, 2024)

Buckeye Battleground

Recovering the Ancient Wisdom of the Obama Era

The Mysterious Case of the Undecided Vote

Can Tim Walz Help Harris Win Back the White Working Class?

Lessons From Oregon’s Failed Drug Experiment

TLP Weekend Edition (August 10-11, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Kristen Soltis Anderson)

The Democrats’ Half-Hearted Move to the Center

The Downward Trajectory of RFK Jr.

Neither Party Seems Interested in Winning the Center

Five Key Groups Harris Needs to Rebound With

Are We Making Progress in Solving the Problems of Distressed Places?

TLP Weekend Edition (August 3-4, 2024)

The Veep Stakes

The Harris Coalition Is *Not* the Second Coming of the Obama Coalition

The Two Parties Fail to Understand Place-Based Inequality

It’s the Economy, Harris!

An Education and Training Agenda for Working-Class Families

TLP Weekend Edition (July 27-28, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Kat Rosenfield)

Forget the Hype: It’s Still a Working-Class Election

Kamala Harris vs. Republicans

How Democrats Should Handle the Pro-Labor Right

The Kamala Gamble

The Importance of Nautical NATO

TLP Weekend Edition (July 20-21, 2024)

The Battle for Wisconsin

The GOP’s Big Working-Class Bet

Trump's Most Popular and Least Popular Policy Ideas

How the Attempt on Trump’s Life Could Fundamentally Alter the Presidential Race—or Not

The GOP is Poised to Make Gains With Young Voters

TLP Weekend Edition (July 13-14, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Henry Olsen)

A Last Hurrah for the Brahmin Left?

The Democrats Who Want Biden To Step Down

NATO is More Popular Than Most U.S. Government Institutions

It’s Only Going to Get Harder for Biden from Here

The Education Racket

TLP Weekend Edition (July 6-7, 2024)

Banter Box #5: Where Biden and Trump Go From Here

Would Kamala Harris Do Better Than Biden?

Teaching Students What It Means to Be an American

The American Experiment Is Still Worth Fighting For

It’s Election Time in the UK

TLP Weekend Edition (June 29-30, 2024)

Democrats Should Beware the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Coleman Hughes)

Banter Box #5: "What should the Biden and Trump campaigns be doing differently?"

No, Democracy is *Not* on the Ballot

A Biden Bump after Trump's Conviction?

Will the Center Hold?

Roll of the Dice: Will November Deliver a Trifecta or Divided Government?

Biden Needs a Philosophy that Wins the Center

TLP Weekend Edition (June 22-23, 2024)

The Enduring Power of the Feminist Revolution

"Greenlash" is Here

The Role of Climate Change in Rising Severe Storm Costs

Four Factors That Could Decide the 2024 Election

No, Elites. Rural Voters Aren’t a Threat to Democracy.

TLP Weekend Edition (June 15-16, 2024)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Josh Kraushaar)

Democrats Should Swap Out “Bidenomics” for an Abundance Agenda

The Case of the Missing Second Term Agenda

Taking on China the Right Way

America Should Drop Its “Red Lines” and Be Honest About Strategic Interests

TLP Weekend Edition (June 8-9, 2024)

The New Hispanic Diploma Divide

How the Pro-Israel Community Fights Extremism in Both Parties

Joe Biden: Prisoner of the Progressive Left

A Pragmatic Post-War Gaza Plan is Needed Now

UK Labour’s Approach to the World

Economic Security is Now National Security

Saturday Diversion: A Dance to the Music of Time

TLP Podcast w/ guest John Avlon

Democrats Should Embrace the “New Centrism"

The GOP Senate Candidates Trailing Trump

How Political (Dis)Interest Will Shape 2024

China-Proofing Asia

Saturday Diversion: The National D-Day Memorial

State of Play: Biden’s Electoral College Paths Narrow

Banter Box #4: Americans need to remove partisan politics from the center of their personal identities.

The Right Stuff for the Left

“These Go to Eleven.”

What Two Civil Rights Heroes Can Teach Today’s Left

Are Floods Dramatically Increasing Due to Climate Change? (Part Two)

Saturday Diversion: Crime Fiction from the UK and Europe

Racial-Gender Gaps in the 2024 Election

Banter Box #4: "What are the best ways to help Americans find common ground?"

The Working Class-Sized Hole in Democratic Support Widens

The Battle for Haley Voters

America Needs a National Aerospace Plan

Elections Under the Authoritarian Shadow

Saturday Diversion: Five Books on FDR

TLP Podcast w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon

Trump Nostalgia Is Real—And Could Decide the Election

The Partisan Chasm on Energy Policies

Back to Basics in the Middle East

Are Floods Dramatically Increasing Due to Climate Change?

Saturday Diversion: The Students Are Revolting!

Will the Enthusiasm Gap Matter in 2024?

Could It Be 2016 All Over Again?

Voters Broadly Support Restrictive Immigration Policies

Three Takeaways from Last Week's Foreign Aid Votes

Israel Must Choose: Confront Iran or Oppose a Palestinian State

Saturday Diversion: Epic Backpacking Trips in America (and Canada)

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Sheri Berman)

End Iran’s Endless War Against Its Neighbors

Banter Box #3 - Eternal Vigilance Against Foreign Interference in America's Elections

Postcard from the Hispanic Working Class

"Reverse Coattails" Won't Rescue Biden

40 Policies That Will Define the 2024 Election

A Middle East Silver Lining

Why Are Voters Worried About Biden's Age?

Saturday Diversion: Viva Las Vegas

The Deepening Diploma Divide

Banter Box #3: How much will intervention by foreign governments impact America's political debate in the 2024 election year?

Why Democrats Will Become Energy Realists

Big in Japan

Isolate the Isolationists

Time For the U.S. to Consider a Bit of Launch Aid for Boeing

Saturday Diversion: Five Songs by Taylor Swift

TLP Podcast (w/ guest Chris Stirewalt)

Banter Box #2—A Sleeper Factor in November?

The Three Point Plan to Fix the Democrats and Their Coalition

Battleground Montana

What is RFK Jr.’s Pitch to Voters?

Requiem for the Greatest Generation

5 Strategic Questions America Faces in the Middle East

Saturday Diversion: Soviet History

Democrats Who Are Showing Up in Rural America

Banter Box #2: "Will foreign policy matter this November, and if so how?"

The Democrats’ Patriotism Problem Revisited

The RFK Jr. Effect: Who is Hurt More by His Candidacy?

Could Hogan Actually Win in Deep Blue MD?

Against Escalation Management

Republican Support for Russia is Support for Iran

Saturday Diversion: For Those About to Rock...

TLP Podcast w/ Oren Cass: Reimagining Capitalism & Political Alignments

Banter Box #1—Multiple Issue Paths to November

The Democrats’ Abundance Problem Revisited

The Partisan Divide on NATO is New

Baltimore Takes it On the Chin—Again

How to Succeed in Politics Without Losing Your Sanity—or Your Soul

Britain Faces Fallout from War in the Holy Land

Saturday Diversion: Baseball's Return

A Defining Moment for America's Role in the World

Banter Box #1: "What issues will matter most in determining the 2024 election, and why?"

Revisiting the Three Point Plan to Fix the Democrats and Their Coalition

Trump's Achilles Heel: White College Voters

Want Better Democracy? Find Better Politicians

America Can't Afford to Deter Itself

Democrats Should Be a "Pro-Normal" Party

Saturday Diversion: Five Books on Space Exploration

The Democratic Coalition Isn’t Really a Coalition

Welcome to the TLP Podcast! (w/ David Leonhardt)

The Democrats and the Rise of Racial Radicalism

Who is Driving Trump's Rising Favorables?

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The Collapse of a Paradigm

Democrats, Be the Party of Pragmatic Progress

TLP Week in Review, 3/2-3/9

Economically Distressed Places: How Big is the Problem?

The Nonwhite Working Class Bails Out on the Democrats

A Low, Dishonorable Tradition

The Delusions of the Uncommitted Bloc

When Science Journals Become Activists

TLP Week in Review, 2/25-3/2

The Way Forward on China

Against Democrats’ “What, Me Worry?” Approach to Losing Working Class Voters

Americans Aren’t Paying Close Attention to the 2024 Election

Preventing a Ramadan Explosion in the Holy Land

Lessons From the Suozzi Victory in NY-3

TLP Week in Review, 2/18-2/24

How Smart Republicans Can Appeal to Normie Voters

The Democrats’ Education Problem

A Strident Minority ≠ A Majority

Death of a Russian Liberal Patriot

What Liberals Can Do to Root Out Illiberalism in Higher Education

TLP Week in Review, 2/11-2/17

The Case for National Developmentalism

The Way of the Fetterman

All Politics is Media Criticism

Hubert Humphrey—Now More Than Ever

Biden's Bully Pulpit Needs a Reboot

TLP Week in Review, 2/4-2/10

The Working-Class Imperative for Labour and Democrats

The Disappearing Democratic Coalition

Is Political Advertising Obsolete?

The Case Against Neo-Isolationism

How the New Left Damaged Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s

TLP Week in Review, 1/28-2/3

The Two-Parent Privilege is Real

Why Can’t Biden Move to the Center?

American Politics is Bringing Us Down

Middle East Stability Requires a Strategic U.S. Response

How To Curb Illegal Immigration—And Why It Won't Happen

TLP Week in Review, 1/21-1/27

Building a More Resilient Navy

The Coming Working Class Election

Political Trench Warfare

America Needs a New Iran Policy

TLP's 2024 Swing-State Project: Pennsylvania (Part Two)

TLP's 2024 Swing-State Project: Pennsylvania (Part One)

TLP Week in Review, 1/14-1/20

Stabbing Ukraine in the Back

Could Immigration Hand the 2024 Election to Trump?

What is the Positive Vision for Biden’s Second Term?

How America Can Use Sports Diplomacy to Promote Human Rights in the Gulf

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Immigration Mess

Kitchen Table Populism is Up for Grabs

TLP Week in Review, 1/7-1/13

The Disturbing Rise of Strategic Antisemitism

The Progressive Youth Chimera

Hyperbole For Sale

How an “Endless War” Begins

Don't Worry About the "Arab Street"

"To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists say…"

TLP Week in Review, 12/31/23-1/6/24

Nikki Haley’s Political Skills Hit the Reality of the GOP’s Working-Class Electorate

Democrats! Time to Re-Embrace Merit, Free Speech, and Universalism

The Battle for Normie Ridge

Why America and Israel Need the Palestinian Authority in Gaza