Affordable Care Act Archives

How Democrats can bolster public support for USAID

Michael Tesler - February 12, 2025

Democrats can effectively defend the embattled agency by focusing on popular foreign aid policies – and the growing public concerns about Elon Musk’s influence.

Trump’s debate efforts to hide his conservatism probably won’t work

Brian Schaffner and Caroline Soler - September 13, 2024

Unlike 2016, voters now see the former president as decidedly conservative.

The questionable politics behind Biden’s student loan debt relief

John Sides - May 1, 2024

Enacting policies that benefit people doesn’t necessarily earn their vote.

Why the U.S. border wall is getting more and more popular

Michael Tesler - November 3, 2023

There are long and short-term factors behind this trend.

What did we learn from the 2022 U.S. midterm elections?

Christopher Stout - December 26, 2022

The TMC 2022 roundups: U.S. elections

Four things to know about Biden’s student-debt relief plan

Serena Laws and Mallory SoRelle - September 2, 2022

Loan forgiveness got the biggest attention. But the changes to repayment rules may have as big an effect.

How did the Democrats’ major spending bill get off life support?

Matthew Green - August 8, 2022

These factors made the difference

If Democrats listen to AOC, they’re going to lose seats

David Brady and Bruce Cain - July 12, 2022

Here’s why controlling the presidency and both houses of Congress means losing control in the next election.

In many states with antiabortion laws, majorities favor abortion rights

Jake Grumbach and Christopher Warshaw / Managing Editor - June 25, 2022

Will purple states’ laws eventually reflect their voters’ views?

What will Congress do on abortion post-Roe?

Michele Swers - May 9, 2022

Here’s what Democrats and Republicans will probably do