Democrats are betting that demographic and economic change will improve their chances of success. Republicans are trying to preserve a Southern firewall. Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by flipping Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but he may not have been able to do so had Hillary Clinton not lost […]

Could a decrease in rural support be part of a disappointing season for Republican candidates? The Daily Yonder looks at presidential and congressional races in three states: Pennsylvania, Maine and Montana. Conventional wisdom and national media narratives hold that in America’s 2020 presidential and congressional elections, urban areas will support […]

This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource.  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan is drawing praise from organizations that work with coal communities on economic transition, but mixed reactions from union officials and industry groups. The plan, released Tuesday, would boost investment in […]

Charles Booker won the core counties of the state’s two largest metro areas. But Amy McGrath more than made up the difference among the state’s rural, suburban and small-city voters. Former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath took the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky by winning in rural counties, […]

“Breaking into a space that wasn’t built for you is incredibly difficult.” Rosemary Ketchum has been a community organizer in Wheeling, West Virginia, for about a decade. Now, she’s the state’s first out transgender elected official. As the associate director of the city’s local drop-in center for the National Alliance for […]

False claims of misconduct in the race for governor in Kentucky are likely a precursor to the coming combat over the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential vote. The right-wing radio personality took to Twitter not long after the polls had closed and it seemed the Democtratic candidate had prevailed in […]