[I]ts greatest flaw lies in moving the power of decision in presidential elections from the people ... to the Electoral College, whose members represent the states.

There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.

The greatest matter of concern for the midterms were effective countermeasures regarding inflation, which threaten everyday livelihood.

Average voters do not primarily cast ballots for abstract strategic outcomes or distant conflicts; they vote to keep the lights on and the rent paid.

[T]he Democrats' advantage is overwhelming. But Trump has pursued a policy of increasingly concentrating power in his own hands and circumventing both Congress and the courts.

Fighting for Europe’s independence makes more than economic sense.

Party identity is never a shield, and populist rhetoric, however strong its power to mobilize, does not last if promises go unfulfilled.