Perry Bacon
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 16
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars” (opens the original)
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, who is surprisingly close in polls against Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, attributes that strong standing to her campaign strategy. She says her secret sauce is avoiding the “culture wars.” “I think that has to be the way forward for Democrats, to focus on the economic issues and not take the bait when it comes to the culture wars,” she told Politico in an interview last week. Politico treated that comment as a bold, surprising declarati
How Keisha Lance Bottoms and David Crowley Can Make Political History (opens the original)
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Many Americans who live in suburbs and rural areas don’t like the big, left-leaning metropolitan areas nearby. And while it’s hard to say exactly how much that anti-urban resentment is tied to race, we know that big cities often have high percentages of people of color, particularly African Americans. So in red and purple states, the Democratic Party has in the past sometimes shied away from nominating Black candidates for statewide offices, especially politicians closely identified with their s
Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved (opens the original)
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The biggest reason that Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election is probably the post-Covid-19 inflation and anti-incumbent sentiment that resulted in parties in power across the world being defeated. It didn’t help that she refused to distance herself from a deeply unpopular President Biden, ran on the “opportunity economy” and other banalities, and seemed more focused on courting the tiny fraction of Americans who are anti-Trump Republicans than any other bloc. But for many in the party, anytime t
Stop the Sabotage, Democrats! You Need Talarico and El-Sayed to Win. (opens the original)
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Over the next two months, James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed will face tens of millions of dollars in negative ads savaging them, Fox News and a broader right-wing media ecosystem portraying them in the worst way possible, Republican opponents questioning their manhood (Talarico) and patriotism (El-Sayed), and a president eager to attack them. They shouldn’t have to deal with fellow Democrats taking potshots at them too. So I urge Jasmine Crockett, Josh Gottheimer, Dana Nessel, and other prominen
What the Hell Are Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, and Gavin Newsom Doing? (opens the original)
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Twelve Democratic attorneys general, including California’s Rob Bonta, filed a lawsuit last month to block the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by Paramount Skydance Corporation. Trying to force Bonta and the other attorneys general to drop the lawsuit, Paramount is threatening to move its operations out of the state of California. So now prominent Democrats, most notably Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, and Governor Gavin Newsom, are publicly urgin
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