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Big target strategy

Big target strategy

With the midterm elections just over six months away, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are face with the likelihood of shocking losses. Not only is history against them — a president’s party has lost ground in twenty of the past twenty-two midterm elections — but polls show Trump’s historically low
Stuck in the middle

Stuck in the middle

One Nation’s performance at last month’s South Australian election confirmed two trends that have been clear for some months. One Nation is challenging the Liberal Party as the dominant force on the right of Australian politics. And Labor, while benefiting from fragmentation among its opponents, it is also losing support

Big target strategy

Big target strategy
With the midterm elections just over six months away, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are face with the likelihood of shocking losses. Not only is history against them — a president’s party has lost ground in twenty of the past twenty-two midterm elections — but polls show Trump’s historically low

Stuck in the middle

Stuck in the middle
One Nation’s performance at last month’s South Australian election confirmed two trends that have been clear for some months. One Nation is challenging the Liberal Party as the dominant force on the right of Australian politics. And Labor, while benefiting from fragmentation among its opponents, it is also losing support