Kristen Soltis Anderson Quotes
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Polling is an art as well as a science, and the art of crafting good questions is still vital.
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Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.
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Without a clear diagnosis of why the candidate or party failed, there can be no clear consensus about how to move forward.
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With Trump assuming the role of America's CEO, it may be chaos rather than callousness that threatens to harm his standing with the American voters who are giving him a chance.
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The reality is that the Republican Party may have unified government but is not unified enough on many major signature policy areas.
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Millennials are not deeply familiar with school choice, and have some reservations, especially about the types of institutions that a student might choose to attend with taxpayer dollars.
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Donald Trump, having spent decades in the public eye as an entertainer, may not understand what the nuclear triad is, or what America's 'first use' nuclear policy is, or why starting a trade war would be a disaster. But he does understand storytelling, the power of a clear narrative, and the importance of stirring emotion.
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Either people are changing their minds about Trump, or increasing numbers of his supporters are deciding it is too embarrassing to admit they support him. Neither is a particularly good position to be in.
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When polled on Donald Trump's agenda, though pluralities of young people oppose his policies on immigration and healthcare, there is one issue where Trump's position wins outright majority support, even among young Democrats: trade.
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I think 'Candy Crush' may be fading in popularity, but there's always something new that's popping up.
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Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.
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The idea that someone, somewhere will campaign in a positive, uplifting way on an agenda that can inspire Americans? I'm sadly done holding my breath.
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I dreamed of being like Sam Seaborn on 'The West Wing'.
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The things that frustrate one piece of Trump's coalition often endear him to or embolden another wing of the coalition.
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I grew up in Orlando, Florida, and I joined the debate team right around the time of the 2000 election.
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If there is one issue where one could justifiably assume that Republicans are all in agreement, it is on lowering taxes.
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'Trump is a mean man' is a message that Democrats used time and time and time again in the 2016 race. Airwaves were filled with reminders that Trump has insulted just about everyone.
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Obamacare itself did not become popular until the middle of 2017, when the risk of repeal was the greatest; for the bulk of 2010 after passage, it was unpopular by double-digit margins.
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Even when we're not talking about Trump, we're talking about Trump.
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Not all change and disruption succeeds, to be sure.
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I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.
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Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.
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Breaking dramatically with Bush-era Republican orthodoxy, Trump ran on a message of 'America First' and of avoiding spending blood and treasure on adventures overseas.
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True small-c conservatives should fight at every turn to preserve basic standards of conduct and institutions that have served our nation well.