Category: News
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The Cost of Georgia: Why One Senate Race Could Reshape GOP Strategy
Georgia’s 2026 senate race should be considered the most important race in the nation. The Republican Party can’t print cash. Any money it sends to Georgia is money that could have been spent in North Carolina or other competitive states in the South, Midwest, or the Southwest. The biggest potential problem could arise between now…
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Georgia is a Microcosm of America’s Voters
For two decades, political consultants and pundits viewed the Midwestern “Rust Belt” state of Ohio as the most reliable gauge of American voter sentiment, but in a shift that few experts could have predicted, Georgia has emerged as a battleground state that was contested by closer margins in the 2020 and 2024 Presidential Election. In…
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North Carolina is the Most Unpredictable State in US Politics
Imagine that you’re the campaign manager for either major party’s nominee for US President in 2028, and one of your first task is to figure out a strategy for winning the state of North Carolina. If you’re a Republican, rural counties offer the best chance at success, while Democrats know they can rely on urban…
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Before Trump, Louisiana’s Huey Long was the King of ‘Transactional Politics’
In American politics, “quid pro quo” isn’t a new idea — but few politicians have embodied it quite like Huey Long and Donald Trump. Separated by nearly a century, both men used loyalty, leverage, and media to build populist movements that upended political establishments. Yet their methods — and the systems that enabled them —…
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Nancy Mace Launches Campaign for South Carolina Governor
Republican U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Mace formally announced her campaign for governor of South Carolina. Mace launched her campaign on the campus of The Citadel, her alma mater, where she became the first woman to graduate from the Cadets in 1999. In her announcement, Mace stated, “God’s not done with South Carolina and neither am I,”…
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Republican Voter-Dominant Counties in North Carolina
In the open U.S. Senate seat race between Republican Ted Budd and Democrat Cheri Beasley, Budd has averaged lead of approximately five percent, but to defeat Beasley, he will need high voter turnout in North Carolina’s most Republican-dominated counties. Those counties are listed and analyzed, below. Randolph County, North Carolina: Republicans have 34,034 more voters…
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Georgia Counties that Vote Republican Most Consistently
The 2022 Georgia Senate race between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker could come down to three counties in Georgia known as the most reliable Republican strongholds. Georgia is a unique state for political party strength evaluation for Republicans and Democrats, because Georgia voters don’t declare a party when they register to vote. The only occasion…
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The Day the Herschel Walker Campaign Died was Not an October Surprise
For more stories on Georgia politics, visit our Georgia political news section. Herschel Walker’s campaign is on life support and in full-fledged damage control mode after a report that Walker helped to pay for an abortion of a child that he allegedly conceived with an ex-girlfriend. Throughout his campaign, Walker has touted his pro-life, anti-abortion…
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Tennessee State Assembly Members Tell Vanderbilt to Stop Youth Gender Transition Surgeries
NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt University Medical Center is under fire from more than 60 state legislators due to its practice of gender transition surgery for youth. “Tennesseans across the state have demanded a swift response and a call to action. We agree that these revelations require the legislature to act immediately,” lawmakers wrote, adding that the…
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Hurricane Ian’s Potential Impact on DeSantis vs. Crist
Disclaimer: Political trends and are never as important as the lives impacted by an act of nature, but the 2022 Midterm Election is less than 40 days away, and Hurricane Ian’s devastation made an undeniable impact in every aspect of life in Florida. IAN: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR DESANTIS Coincidentally, the region of Florida that…