Despite gaining a narrow majority in the House, Republicans remain vexed by some of the unusual results of the 2022 midterm elections. While the party enjoyed huge victories in Florida that flipped what was a swing state red, the GOP fell far short of expectations in the midterms. What happened? Straight Arrow News contributor Ben…

Final results of the 2022 midterm elections are still being tabulated, but two points are clear: the Latino vote stayed with Democrats and the incumbent president’s party lost the fewest seats since 2006. 64% of Latino voters supported Democrat House candidates while 33% reported voting for House Republican candidates. Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette believes…

The Border Patrol took in more than 300,000 immigrants in El Paso, Texas, last fiscal year. That’s more than a third of the surrounding county’s population. It’s an influx that overwhelmed the area and led to migrants sleeping on the streets. But the Border Patrol, city and county governments were quick to act and each…

Colorado became the second state to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms after voters passed a ballot initiative during the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race Thursday, with the “Yes” vote sitting at just over 52% as of 1:00 p.m. EST. With the vote, Colorado has joined Oregon as the only two states to…

Former President Donald Trump is taking aim at two of his onetime Republican allies. In separate statements, Trump attacked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glen Youngkin. On Friday, Trump posted to Truth Social: “Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me. I endorsed…

It doesn’t take a nationwide election year to tell us we’re living in a divided world, but has it always been this way? Two scholars at Vanderbilt University sought to quantify the economic, social and political divisions in American society over the last four decades. According to their analysis, the highest level of unity — 71.3…

Republicans are not on track to flip as many House seats in the midterm elections as they had hoped. In fact if they win the majority, it could be very similar to the 220-212 balance of power that Democrats currently hold. Between that and the Georgia Senate race going to a runoff, former President Donald…

Tonight, join Larry Lindsey as he breaks down all the big races for us and gives his commentary as polls are beginning to close in states like Indiana, Kentucky and Georgia. There is a possibility Republicans end up with 244 seats, the highest number since the 1920s. We’re going to be bringing updated coverage of…

In the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won the Hispanic vote by 40 points nationally. Two years later, Democrats carried the vote by an estimated 33 points against Donald Trump himself, though in nationwide campaigns, the party’s margin against GOP candidates shrank to 27 points. With the midterm elections just around the corner, a recent Axios-Ipsos…

President Biden hit the campaign trail with a message to voters that democracy was on the ballot in next Tuesday’s midterm elections. It’s a consistent drum Biden has pounded in recent months, warning that former President Trump’s election lies and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the future of the United States. Straight Arrow News…