Can Independent Media Decide 2028?

Independent media cannot decide the 2028 election outright, but it can narrow the range of acceptable outcomes and shift which candidates remain viable.

Independent media cannot decide the 2028 election outright, but it can narrow the range of acceptable outcomes and shift which candidates remain viable.

Yes, evidence increasingly suggests that culture war fatigue has arrived for a significant portion of the American public.

Historically, Republicans have struggled to win elections while publicly discussing major changes to Social Security and Medicare.

Boomers and Gen Z see America differently because they experienced fundamentally different economic conditions, faced different government policies at...

Young adults today face a fundamentally different economic landscape than their parents, one where traditional markers of success—homeownership, stable...

The answer to whether Americans are better off than four years ago is deeply mixed. While employment has continued to grow and stock markets recovered...

Inflation has emerged as the single most powerful predictor of presidential election outcomes in modern American politics.

Whether Trump could survive another economic downturn depends primarily on the severity of the downturn, his policy response, and public perception of his...

Yes, a significant portion of Americans report being tired of culture war politics, though this fatigue manifests unevenly across the political spectrum...

MAHA is unlikely to achieve the same political scale or cultural dominance as MAGA in the foreseeable future, primarily because health policy lacks the...