Complacency is our number one enemy. [President Trump] is historically unpopular. The more he keeps it up, the more people are encouraged to restrain him. – Speaker of the House Brian Egolf, in a story published in The Hill. Across the country Republicans are concerned the combination of Trump’s polarizing style and increased Democratic enthusiasm…
Year: 2018
New Mexico Voter Registration Report
July Goes to the Dems, But Trend Away From “Big 2” Continues It has been coming for some time now. The rise in voters who choose to be unaffiliated/independent (DTS in our state) has been on the move for a few decades. This year, the numbers are large enough to make them the second largest…
Behind the Immigration Statistics
When I was attending Webster University in the Netherlands in 2016, I spent much of my time outside of class working on organizing a fundraiser with some other students from my university. We were raising money for VluchtenlingenWerk Nederland, an organization that helps bring refugees into the Netherlands. We even met face to face with…
100 Days from Election Day: Three Things to Watch in New Mexico
With Election Day right around the corner the 2018 election cycle will begin to noticeably ramp up from the post-primary lull. In some of the more interesting or competitive races this year, there are some dynamics at play that will have a large impact on the final results in November. As campaigns across the state…