Tag: 2024 election
What is the County Line, and Why Is Everyone in New Jersey Talking About It?
Lets face it: this has been a pretty boring primary season. Despite the best efforts of Dean Phillips, Nikki Haley, and a few political columnists, Donald Trump and Joe Biden easily won the nominations of their respective parties, passing the ...
Alaska and Maine’s Ranked-Choice Elections Could Have a Profound Impact on the 2024 Presidential Election
In 2020, Alaska voters approved a ballot initiative which converted their primary system into a nonpartisan blanket primary wherein the four candidates who received the most votes would go to the general election. There, the winner would be determined by ...
Donald Trump Should Deliver the Republican Response to the State of the Union
President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union is set to be far more consequential than his 2023 address. The Biden administration, not to mention his campaign, are sure to try and seize on the March 7 speech as a ...
Democrats Do Not, In Fact, Have a Better Option Than Biden
On Friday, New York Times opinion columnist Ezra Klein published an audio essay in which he praises the accomplishments of President Joe Biden while simultaneously arguing that he should end his 2024 reelection campaign. You can listen to (or read) ...
Politics Express: Trump, the Presumptive Nominee?
The Postrider‘s Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito hop on to talk about whether Donald Trump should be considered the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee already, after just two primary contests; how he can power through to the general ...
At This Point, You’d Rather Be Joe Biden Than Donald Trump
We told you before, we'll say it again: Biden was wise to run again.
Biden Will Not — and Should Not — Drop Harris From the Ticket
How many times do we have to beat this drum?
The 2024 Republican Vice Presidential Power Index
Use our time-tested tool to pick a given GOP nominee and find their strongest running mate.
How Our 2024 Republican Vice Presidential Power Index Works
If there is one particular niche we are known for here at The Postrider, it is our religious coverage of vice presidents, the vice presidential selection process, and what goes into a strong vice presidential pick. One of our notable ...
The Senate Races to Watch in 2024
Though the presidential election will consume much of the attention, control of the Senate is very much at stake, and things don't look good for Democrats.
The Case Against Ron DeSantis
Besides a former president, no other name dominates the 2024 GOP primary chatter more than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. But his candidacy (and chance of being president) is incredibly inflated -- here's why.
There Are Only Six Swing States
Another presidential cycle is looming. As always, a tiny portion of voters in a select few states will decide the president, and these “swing states” will dominate the candidates’ attention, and therefore national attention as well. The idea that only ...
Biden’s Second State of the Union: What to Glean from a Speech That Changed Nothing
State of the Union addresses in the modern era are – at best – relatively innocuous exercises in American political ritual that occasionally generate memeable moments. At worst, they are useless fulfilments of a “from time to time” constitutional requirement ...
Politics Express: 2024 Republican Primary Draft – Post-Midterm Check In
After the 2022 midterms and our first Republican candidate jumping into the field, Lars, Michael, and Chris hop on to make some big moves in our 2024 Republican Primary rosters! Check out the lineup and the trades here, and listen ...
The Historical Case for Why Biden Will Win Reelection
To say it’s too early to start prognosticating about the 2024 election is an understatement. We’re only about a third of the way through President Joe Biden’s term, and a lot has happened even in the last few months that ...
Politics Express: 2024 Republican Primary Draft – Early 2022 Edition
It’s reassessment day for our 2024 Republican primary draft. Lars, Chris, and Michael trade barbs (and maybe even candidates) as they reevaluate their rosters at the start of 2022.
COVID-19 Deaths Weren’t Enough to Swing the 2020 Election — But They Might Be In 2024
COVID-19 has killed around 800,000 Americans. Joe Biden won the 2020 election by a margin of less than 45,000 votes in three states. There’s a morbid, tragic, and uncomfortable question that may linger in the back of your mind when ...
What if Trump Ran as a Third Party Candidate in 2024?
It’s May of 2024 and former Vice President Mike Pence appears to be the likely Republican nominee, despite Donald Trump’s victory in the Iowa caucuses only a few months earlier. He comes out just ahead of the former president as ...
Politics Express: Our 2024 Republican Primary Draft
Welcome to Politics Express, The Postrider‘s new all-encompassing politics podcast. Lars Emerson is joined by Michael Lovito and Chris Choban for the kick off of the show and their 2024 Republican primary draft. Follow along with the draft on the ...