Brexit was a catalyst for partisan realignment around the Leave-Remain divide, with Conservatives gaining Leavers and Labour capturing Remainers. But given the poor geographic apportionment of Remain voters across the U.K.’s electoral districts, a Labour coalition built mainly on Remain support faces an uphill battle in first-past-the-post elections.
The media seems to have a fascination with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. Given the countless profile and opinion pieces attempting to provide the definitive take on the idiosyncrasies of the Democrats’ most conservative senator...
There’s one problem: the policies of contemporary American democratic socialists aren’t really socialist at all. Rather, progressives are actively misrepresenting their own views in the process of sloganeering.
The optimistic takeaway is that this election was a vote of confidence in the status quo. But perhaps the more realistic reading of the results is that neither party made a compelling case for why they deserved greater legislative control.
