Tag: kamala harris
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PERSPECTIVE: The Democratic Party’s outdated playbook
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” That’s the famous quote from George Santayana in his 1905 book, The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense. And what rang true 120 years ago rings true today, except to the Democratic Party. Example: This week, it was revealed that the Democratic National…
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54% of the vote, a little more than Obama’s nearly 54% in 2008 and slightly less than Joe Biden’s 55% four…
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How Colorado regions voted: Front Range for Harris, rural counties for Trump | Cronin and Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado maintained its position as among the most Democratic Party-oriented states in the 2024 presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris defeated Republican candidate Donald Trump by 11 percentage points in Colorado. She won about 54%…
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2024 presidential election retrospectives | Cronin and Loevy
Former President Donald Trump enjoyed an impressive comeback victory on Election Day last Tuesday. Virtually all the pollsters had predicted the closest of elections, yet they once again underestimated Trump’s support from the voters. Trump won the national popular vote, which was a first for him. His was the first Republican win of the popular…
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Youth at the polls: Quiet and ‘uncomfortable’ times for young Colorado Springs voters
“Are you registered?” was the repeated question from volunteers with the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region at their get-out-the-vote booth inside the University of Colorado Colorado Springs student center. The responses varied from “Already mailed in my ballot” to “How do I start?” as students filtered through on their way…
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Crystal balls and polls are unreliable this year | Cronin and Loevy
Here is a look at the national political landscape a week ahead Election Day 2024. Polls and prediction models are contradictory and are always less reliable in hotly contested elections. Voter turnout in the presidential election is expected to be high. Some analysts believe the higher the turnout, the more it should help 2024 Democratic…
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How a Harris or Trump presidency might shape Colorado’s federal courts
In the past four years, President Joe Biden has made seven appointments to the federal trial and appeals courts headquartered in Colorado, with his appointees now constituting a majority of active judges on the state’s U.S. District Court. The next president will similarly have a chance to make his or her mark on the district…
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Vance promotes Trumpism; Walz carries the Harris flag | Cronin and Loevy
Vice presidents matter. Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and George H. W. Bush, among others, were vice presidents before they were presidents. We have had some notable disappointments as vice president. Andrew Johnson, who was Abraham Lincoln’s inadequate successor, came within one vote of being impeached. Spiro Agnew, who almost became Richard…
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Restore conservatism by rejecting Trump | SONDERMANN
It was not all that long ago that the Republican Party stood for the rule of law and defended America’s most cherished institutions. The Grand Old Party, or even earlier the Gallant Old Party, could be counted on to support free trade, assert America’s preeminent role as a world power and at least give lip…
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Kamala Harris gains momentum after last week’s presidential debate | Cronin and Loevy
Sixty-seven million Americans watched an ABC-sponsored presidential campaign debate last week between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump spoke for about 43 minutes. Harris spoke for about 38 minutes. She was poised, confident and generally effective. He was dour, snarly and, as usual, given to too many windy exaggerations. She somehow…