Charlie Cook

4 days ago | cookpolitical.com | Charlie Cook

The question on a lot of minds today is what impact the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this past weekend will have on President Trump’s standing with the public. Some no doubt will point to the surge in President George H.W. Bush’s approval rating to 89 percent after the 1991 victory in the Persian Gulf War. They might also point to his son, President George W. Bush, soaring as high as 90 percent approval after the 9/11 attacks.

4 days ago | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Charlie Cook

The question on a lot of minds today is what impact the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this past weekend will have on President Trump’s standing with the public. Some no doubt will point to the surge in President George H.W. Bush’s approval rating to 89 percent after the 1991 victory in the Persian Gulf War. They might also point to his son, President George W. Bush, soaring as high as 90 percent approval after the 9/11 attacks.

1 week ago | nationaljournal.com | Charlie Cook

Following a panel hosted by the New England Council at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Friday, someone asked me, “What do Democrats need to do to win in 2026 and 2028?”If I had to boil it down to one word, it would be: trust. The vast majority of voters cast ballots for either one party or the other year in and year out, wether or not they’re officially registered with that party. But what about that narrow sliver of voters in the middle?

2 weeks ago | cookpolitical.com | Charlie Cook

To the extent that Democrats have the emotional energy for anything other than opposing President Trump, you can pick up a sudden interest, even anxiety, about who will be their party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, politics does, too. But it will be at least a year and a half before someone can emerge above the rest. There is no question that the next presidential election will feature generational change.

2 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Charlie Cook

To the extent that Democrats have the emotional energy for anything other than opposing President Trump, you can pick up a sudden interest, even anxiety, about who will be their party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, politics does, too. But it will be at least a year and a half before someone can emerge above the rest. There is no question that the next presidential election will feature generational change.