The Lost Majority

    Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Sean Trende to discuss his book The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government is Up for Grabs–and Who Will Take It, why gaining electoral majorities is a very difficult task, and why conventional wisdom is often wrong. We’re brought to you as | Read More »

    RedState Review: The Lost Majority.

    Sean Trende of Real Clear Politics is one of the better analysts of basic political trends out there, so I was looking forward to his new book The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs – and Who Will Take It. I was fortunate enough to snag a review copy for RedState, and found it to be a fairly persuasive argument | Read More »

    RCP’s Sean Trende: Obama’s not in great re-election shape.

    Mind you, Sean’s not saying that Obama’s in bad re-election shape, either: he’s currently scoring the President at essentially 50/50, with the slightest edge against the man.  But he’s definitely out to demolish some of the current Democratic talking points.  Short version (and this is only Part One): The popular correlation between incumbency and re-election falls apart if you look at it too long; If | Read More »