Kyle Sammin

From Joe Biden’s departure from the presidential ticket to Kamala Harris’s high-flying “vibes” campaign, Democrats had a golden summer. But summer can’t last forever. A campaign borne aloft on winds of hope and joy has fluttered back to earth as autumn breaks and voters’ minds turn to policy. The story of Harris’s shrinking lead over [...]Read More...

When Donald Trump imposed a “temporary” 25 percent tariff on steel in 2018 , many Democrats and their friends in the media pounced on the plan as ill-considered and harmful to the American economy. Even some Republicans were uncomfortable with the executive action.

The Phillies’ victory in Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Mets was an instant classic, one that will add a chapter to the long and storied rivalry between the two teams. (It was the only part of the series worth remembering for Phillies fans, but let’s […]

Kamala Harris held a rally tonight in Erie, Pennsylvania . As Jeff Bloodworth describes , Erie is “America's political no man's land, as bitter and

We in Pennsylvania have been in the political bullseye since the 2024 presidential campaign began. Tonight, Pennsylvanians will join the rest of the nation in parsing early returns to try to see who will come out on top. Patrick Ruffini at The Intersection has a list of lists highlighting counties […]

According to Fox News and CBS, Donald Trump is now projected to win the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, and with it the presidency. As victory looks increasingly assured, a few trends stand out from results in the Keystone State. Trump’s campaign promised that his appeal among Hispanic voters would boost him in Philadelphia and [...]Read More...

The race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania was tight. The race between Dave McCormick and Bob Casey was even tighter. But at the end of the day, both Republicans were leading by an amount unlikely to be overturned. By this afternoon, that “unlikely” is becoming “impossible.”

What a difference a year — or eight — makes. In 2016, Florida Senator Marco Rubio emerged as the last hope of anti-Trump forces within the Republican primary.

Pennsylvania is a swing state but Philadelphia is very much not a swing county. While the commonwealth has flipped back and forth for the past four election cycles, its largest city has not voted for a Republican President since 1932.

The Washington Post has been telling us for eight years now that Democracy Dies in Darkness. Anyone who watched the proceedings in Bucks County this week knows that's not true. It dies in broad daylight.