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Why Donald Trump won in 2024

Trump and the GOP won because nonwhite voters and working-class voters — traditional Democratic constituencies — shifted his way. Dems still won Hispanic, Black, and Asian voters overall, but their margins fell significantly from previous elections, while actually improving with White voters. In fact, exit polls show Trump winning a solid majority of Hispanic men!

wired.com

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms

The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.

3quarksdaily.com

Left Impasse

Local contests are, it should be said, an unreliable guide to national outcomes. Three years after his capture of the Élysée in 2017, Emmanuel Macron failed to establish a foothold in municipalities large or small; he was nevertheless re-elected two years later.