Michael O’Shea

Jan 10, 2025 | hungarianconservative.com | Michael O’Shea

The American electoral map is constantly in flux. Florida and Ohio, the quintessential swing states earlier this century, are currently uncompetitive. In recent years, Democrats have made some high-profile attempts at Texas, a long-time Republican stronghold that would singlehandedly redefine the American political map. In 2020, Democrats upset the decades-long Republican dominance in the South by nabbing Georgia in the presidential contest and both Senate races.

Dec 6, 2024 | hungarianconservative.com | Michael O’Shea

President Donald Trump’s November 5 reelection unleashed joy among American conservatives, and indeed among conservatives worldwide. From a pragmatic electoral standpoint, it was a sigh of relief. Prior to this result, a Republican had not won the popular vote—the raw national vote count, a symbolic but suggestive measure in U.S. elections—in two decades, and only once since 1988. On the more important state level, the situation has been only slightly more favorable for the GOP.

Sep 24, 2024 | hungarianconservative.com | Michael O’Shea

America’s dueling presidential campaigns are desperately appealing to the small pool of persuadable voters, particularly in the critical Rust Belt states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. No political entreaty in these places should be surprising, but recent appeals to Polish Americans in the region have raised some eyebrows. Vice President Kamala Harris unexpectedly mentioned the group during this month’s presidential debate.

Sep 24, 2024 | danubeinstitute.hu | Michael O’Shea

Media appearances New opinion piece by Michael O'Shea in the Hungarian Conservative America’s dueling presidential campaigns are desperately appealing to the small pool of persuadable voters, particularly in the critical Rust Belt states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. No political entreaty in these places should be surprising, but recent appeals to Polish Americans in the region have raised some eyebrows.

Aug 16, 2024 | danubeinstitute.hu | Michael O’Shea

Media appearances New opinion piece by Michael O'shea, published in the European Conservative The phenomenon of mass-migration is arguably older and more firmly entrenched in France than anywhere else in Europe. Asked in 1994 whether some recent tightening of asylum and family-reunification statutes might prove effective, Jean Raspail, author of the notorious, prescient novel The Camp of the Saints, replied, “No. It is impossible to do anything. It’s too late.