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These Races Nobody Saw Coming Will Decide the House (opens the original)
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In our recent coverage of the Welcome Democracy Institute’s Congressional Competition Index (CCI), we highlighted the importance of parties contesting a broader map. Since then, Democrats have seen their lead in the generic ballot grow to roughly 8 points, a double digit swing from the 2024 electorate. That swing has led race raters like Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball to shift a number of seats towards Democrats, continuing a<a href="https://decalibra
Ridiculing Trump Voters Is (Still) Unproductive (opens the original)
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At the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI), one of our core activities is traveling around the country—and through the Zoomosphere—giving presentations on the causes of the rural-urban/red-blue divide and discussing how America can overcome it. We talk about how deindustrialization and agricultural consolidation shattered factory towns and farming communities. We show how Trump spun rural despair into electoral gold and caution progressives against rubbing salt in the wound by disparaging “flyo
The Middle Is Still Moving (opens the original)
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Last week, the Welcome Democracy Institute released The Industrial Heartland Swing, a study of working-class swing voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Iowa. The research included seven focus groups in Obama-to-Trump communities and a statewide survey of more than 1,000 self-identified independent voters in Michigan.Three findings in particular stood out:Affordability Is About A Cost Of Living Crisis That Is Getting WorseAffordability has become one of the defining issues of this election cycle
Friday Five (September 25, 2026) (opens the original)
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Dear readers,We know that in today’s oversaturated media environment, good journalism is often hard to find. So each Friday, our team highlights five pieces—analysis, interviews, editorials, and more—that caught our attention from both the past week and weeks prior. We may not always agree with every writer’s arguments, but we nonetheless think they are worth sharing.We also want to thank you for being a reader of The Long View. And if you like what we’re doing here and are willing to do a littl
State Rep. Paul Berch on The Promise to America (opens the original)
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The New Hampshire State House of Representatives is the world’s third-largest legislative body in the English-speaking world. Each Representative’s district contains about 3,500 people - if this same ratio were applied to the United States Congress, it would result in ~100,000 Members of Congress!Our guest this week, State Rep. Paul Berch, knows the pros and cons of this unique setup better than most, drawing on his six terms in the State House and his role as Ranking Member of the House Judicia
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