politics

It’s all about the politics. The races. The candidates. The incumbents and challengers. The issues, the polls, and the potential to win or lose. Turnout was extremely high in the November 2020 elections, so there was a lot of change. Then, in the 2022 elections, the highly anticipated “red wave” never materialized, leaving the divided federal government very much on stage. What did it mean to you and America? We can’t wait to see what that effect will be for the elections of 2024.

It was then biden v. trump, Now it’s trump v. harris

Historians and political scientists will write about this presidential election for a century. A drama-driven, popular but unpopular president challenged by the former Vice President of the United States who served under a Commander-in-Chief known for his no-drama presidency, went loudly into the night after denying he ever lost the election in the first place. The gloves were off in this race, and turnout determined who won and who lost in 2020. It was Donald Trump and the Republicans. It was, in our opinion, American democracy that took a significant hit to its reputation all at the hands of an unbalanced former reality show host who many Americans allege to have waged an insurrection and assault on the United States Capitol to stop the Electoral College certification in the process. The Joe Biden era, Democrats will admit, has not been without its challenges either. It has been a bumpy ride as well. There was to have be a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024, but Kamala Harris stepped in a stunning development that has turned the political world upside down. We have a lot to talk about, as you suspected.

the battle rounds in the upper chamber 2024

Democrats took back control of the United States Senate in the 2020 election season, culminating in a nail-biting two-seat run-off in the Peachtree State of Georgia on January 5th. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky became the Minority Leader thanks to a 50-50 tie between Democrats and Republicans that can be broken each time by Vice President Kamala Harris. The 2022 election was just as dramatic as the 2020 election, given that many more Republicans were defending their seats again just as two years before. 2024 is shaping up to be a nail-biter once again. Will the Democrats hold the Senate? Can they? Or will Senator McConnell, or his successor, once again be known as the Majority Leader? A lot will get done in the Upper Chamber if Senators from both parties can be convinced to collaborate rather than gladiate over legislation critical to America’s prosperity in the months ahead.

A house in chaos 2024

No building in Washington has been under more stress these past few years than perhaps the U.S. House of Representatives. Two history-making Republican Speakers in one Congressional session (Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson) have been trying to hold on to and manage a precariously slim majority in a chamber divided 221-213 (with one current vacancy) between Republicans and Democrats. Will there be a third Republican speaker in this Congress if Mike Johnson does not assuage his extreme right-wing members? Can Democrats regain control of the House come November 2024? Will Independents start to play a role in the People’s House? What key races will determine control of the people’s house in the next governing cycle? Does America win or lose with that pending outcome and the intervening years?