Bloomberg.com • 19th August 2026

Florida Democrats Aren’t in Disarray. They’re in Disagreement

Florida demonstrated on Tuesday that the Democratic Party’s identity crisis is alive and well. It’s the latest signal that while the midterm election will be a referendum on the president’s performance, it’s also a major test of the Democratic Party’s ability to bridge its growing divide.

Bloomberg.com • 7th August 2026

These Texas Builders Backed Trump. They’ve Had Enough

President Donald Trump has always liked to boast about the loyalty of his voters. But in South Texas, where the construction industry is being battered by immigration raids, industry leaders are starting to defect from the Republican Party. It’s a remarkable shift in political allegiance in a region that Trump dominated in 2024.

Bloomberg.com • 30th July 2026

Texas Can Teach Democrats How to Disagree on Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington this week as the American public is undergoing a generational shift in how it views his country — especially among Democrats.

Bloomberg.com • 16th July 2026

Two States Are Making the Case That Money Isn't Political Speech

Who should have more power — the people of the states or the corporations that are authorized by them? For legislators in Hawaii and Montana, the answer is most definitely the former, not the latter. Both states are advancing laws to put power back in the hands of people and get corporations out of the business of influencing elections by overcoming Citizens United, the landmark 2010 Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance.

Bloomberg.com • 1st July 2026

Courts Aren’t Buying Trump’s Voting Lies. He’s Not Giving Up

President Donald Trump’s assault on elections took another hit Monday when the US Supreme Court rejected a Republican bid to restrict mail voting. In a 5-4 decision, the justices upheld Mississippi’s grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day — and the principle that the Constitution gives states authority over elections. But Trump isn’t listening. He’s trying every angle to sidestep the courts and weaponize the federal government to interfere with the midterms.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd June 2026

DeSantis’ Plan to Gut Property Taxes Is a Soviet Power Grab

Florida legislators have approved an amendment for the November ballot that gives new meaning to the phrase “the red state of Florida.” Think Soviet, not Republican. The proposal, offered up by Governor Ron DeSantis and rammed through yesterday in a special session, would give property tax exemptions of at least $250,000 to residents who have owned homes in Florida at least five years.

Bloomberg.com • 27th May 2026

Ken Paxton Ran as a 'Change' Candidate. How Ironic

“Today, change was on the ballot, and change won,” Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, declared in his victory speech an hour after polls closed in Tuesday’s runoff election. Paxton, buoyed by a late endorsement from President Donald Trump, had just defeated veteran senator John Cornyn in a blowout.Unfortunately, in the Trump era, the change the scandal-plagued Paxton promotes means one thing: even greater fealty to Trump and even fewer checks on corruption.

Bloomberg.com • 25th May 2026

Democrats Are Putting Their Faith in Military Veterans

Voters have lost faith in just about every institution right now — with the exception of the military, according to Gallup’s annual survey. So Democrats, in their quest to win back a majority in the US House, are recruiting military veterans. Their appeal boils down to one thing: courage. Voters want to see it. Few Republicans in Congress have been demonstrating it. And no one can deny veterans have it. Alex Vindman, 50, is one of their recruits.

Bloomberg.com • 20th May 2026

Trump’s Massie Smackdown May Cost Him in November

President Donald Trump’s GOP revenge tour reached a new level on Tuesday with the expensive defeat of Congressman Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who dared to challenge the president over his abandoned campaign promises. It was a commanding win for a president who is epically unpopular with most Americans, yet retains a vise-like grip on his party. But it was a devastating blow for democracy. The total cost of the takedown: $33 million.

Bloomberg.com • 19th May 2026

Georgia’s Primary Offers an Early Midterms Preview

It’s primary day in Georgia. The results, perhaps more than in any other state, will give us a glimpse of what’s likely to come in November. With an open race for governor, a high-profile US Senate contest, and a slew of down-ballot races, this swing state could be an early referendum on the president and his second term. No state is closer to the epicenter of America’s political pendulum than Georgia.

Bloomberg.com • 16th May 2026

A Fix for Gerrymandering Both Parties Could Love

America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away the power of their voters. But we don’t have to hold our noses any longer — there’s a fix in sight. And it doesn’t even require a constitutional amendment. It’s time to shift to the system most of the world’s advanced democracies use: proportional representation. It’s a power-sharing arrangement in which parties get seats according to their vote share. America’s...

Bloomberg.com • 14th May 2026

Of Course the South’s Redistricting Rush Isn’t ‘Race-Neutral’

Until South Carolina tapped the brakes on the redistricting rush on Tuesday, it seemed that throughout much of the old Confederacy, the Republican Party had decided it was finished with representative democracy. Within hours of the US Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, southern states lined up to erase decades-old congressional districts that had given voice to minority communities.

Bloomberg.com • 11th May 2026

Ossoff’s Corruption Message Goes Beyond Trump

More Democrats should sound like Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff. Considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress, he’s cast aside caution and is delivering a message that cuts to the core of American grievance. He’s now leading in the polls.

Bloomberg.com • 7th May 2026

Voters, Gerrymandering Steals Your Power. Don’t Let It

Republicans in Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana rushed to gerrymander congressional districts this week. Mississippi scheduled a special session for May 20 to revise its maps, and lawmakers in South Carolina are talking about extending their legislative session to do the same.

Bloomberg.com • 2nd May 2026

Florida Betrays Its Own Constitution to Draw New 2026 Maps

Florida this week joined the growing list of state legislatures to pass a gerrymandered map that favors the party in power. Lawmakers had to violate the state constitution to do it. Under the Fair Districts amendments, approved by 63% of the state’s voters in 2010, the Florida Constitution prohibits redistricting plans “with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent.”

Bloomberg.com • 17th April 2026

Can a Republican Defy Trump and Survive? We’re About to Find Out

Can a Republican congressman criticize President Donald Trump and still win his primary? We will get an answer in about a month. On May 19, Kentucky voters will decide between incumbent Representative Thomas Massie and his Trump-recruited opponent Ed Gallrein.

Bloomberg.com • 10th April 2026

Florida’s Embrace of ICE Has Come at a Cost

Florida is dramatically — but quietly — changing the way immigration enforcement is practiced. The state’s Republican leaders have made it a testing ground for the aggressive immigration enforcement tactics championed by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. And although arrests have soared, the heavy-handed approach has had little measurable effect on crime — and is destabilizing communities across the state.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd April 2026

Florida Woman Could Blow Up Democrats’ Anti-Corruption Message

The House Ethics Committee last week found US Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 ethics violations, concluding that the Florida Democrat had misused millions of Covid relief dollars to fund her 2022 special election. The unanimous, bipartisan vote followed a seven-hour hearing which the normally secretive panel held in public. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied the allegations and said she will be exonerated.

Bloomberg.com • 31st March 2026

A Crackdown on Dreamers Is a Crackdown on the American Dream

As a high-achieving college kid, Alex Vallejo wasn’t surprised by the kind of young people he met at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ national conference in Salt Lake City three years ago. Like him, there were other computer-science students who were in their school robotics clubs. Like him, there were other web developers and students who worked two jobs while getting top grades. All predictably impressive.

Bloomberg.com • 20th March 2026

Trump’s Voting Crackdown Could Cost the GOP Votes

Senate Republicans started debate this week on the SAVE America Act, an unprecedented voting overhaul that President Donald Trump says will “guarantee the midterms” for his party. But despite the president’s pressure campaign, the bill is unlikely to pass — at least in its current form.That’s partly because Senate Republicans don’t seem to have the 60 votes to end a filibuster and overcome Democratic opposition.