Trump’s approval rating: Gallup shows 38%; HuffPost average is 43.9%
Basically, throughout his presidency, Trump’s approval number has fluctuated between 35 and 45 percent and his disapproval number between 50 and 60.
National
The same state — and party — sent Rep. Collin Peterson and Rep-elect Ilhan Omar to Congress. What does that mean for Democrats’ agenda?
The candidates who populate the new Democratic majority are hardly all the same kind of Democrat.
Once again, First District is Minnesota’s closest U.S. House race. But this time, Hagedorn appears to have clinched it
With all precincts reporting, Republican Jim Hagedorn had a 1,311 vote lead over DFLer Dan Feehan.
National
With help from Trump and the economy, Stauber turns CD8 red
Contributing equally if not more to Stauber’s victory was his local bona fides. “I knew the family,” was the phrase most often used in voter interviews on Election Day.
National
Mirroring national realignment, Democrats sweep congressional races in suburbs, lose ground in rural Minnesota
Democratic challengers flipped CD2 and CD3, while Republican Pete Stauber looked set to win CD8. Meanwhile, the First District race was too close to call.
National
Why the nation’s eyes will turn to Minnesota on Tuesday night
Control of Congress doesn’t hinge on Minnesota’s contested House districts, but it depends on districts like them across the country.
Eric Black Ink
Reminder: Polls are only a snapshot of the moment
And by the time the latest poll numbers reach you, they are out of date.
National
‘Velvet hammer’ to ‘fierce advocate’: Tina Smith, a longtime Democratic fixer, works to make U.S. Senate seat her own
Sworn in on January 3, Smith faced a tall order: learning how to function in the Senate while gearing up for two grueling elections in three years.
Eric Black Ink
In recent polls, Americans wish for a third major party
I believe we’re so used to this lesser-of-two-evils duopolism that we think it’s the only way to do democracy, which it isn’t.
From Other Nonprofit Media
Efforts mounting to bar gun possession by those convicted of animal cruelty
Federal law already bars felons from having a firearm, but many animal cruelty crimes — even those that involve torture and mutilation — are prosecuted as misdemeanors.
Eric Black Ink
Ex-GOP chair Michael Steele on the politics and power of Trump
Steele, who has little praise for the president, said in a Minneapolis speech, as a refrain with variations: “We are where we are because this is where we want to be.”
National
As goes Minnesota’s Third District, so goes the nation? Where things stand with Dean Phillips’ challenge to Erik Paulsen
Democrats see CD3 as one of their best opportunities to turn a red seat blue. Meanwhile, incumbent Paulsen thinks voters will back his record.
Eric Black Ink
Why you should just ignore campaign ads
An example: Like almost all TV ads, this one isn’t rooted in facts and logic. It is eyewash, brainwash, mouthwash.
