Toby Jaffe

Oct 23, 2024 | prospect.org | Toby Jaffe

This story is part of the Prospect’s on-the-ground Election 2024 coverage. You can find all the other stories here. BEDFORD, NEW YORK – At the heart of the New York Democratic Party’s disastrous showing in the 2022 midterms was the picturesque and class-diverse Hudson Valley, where Republicans were able to narrowly pick up two U.S. House seats (NY-17 and NY-19), and nearly win a third (NY-18). All three seats are up for grabs again in 2024, and could prove a national congressional bellwether.

Aug 22, 2024 | bluetent.us | Toby Jaffe

One of the many ways that Kamala Harris has upended the presidential race is that young voters are now far more excited to support the Democratic ticket than they were before Joe Biden exited the race. Still, Democrats face major challenges with young people and young men in particular.

Jun 13, 2024 | bluetent.us | Toby Jaffe

The race for the U.S. House seat in Oregon’s 5th district is expected to be among the closest in the country. Democratic State Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is as anathema to both the “extreme right” and “extreme left,” will face off against incumbent Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who won her seat by less than 3 points in a district that voted for Joe Biden in 2020 by a hefty margin. She’s considered one of the most vulnerable members of the House.

Jun 3, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Matthew Goodman |Toby Jaffe |Libby Watson

You can trace the liberalizing contours of the American public’s relationship to drugs by way of the last few presidents’ consumption habits. Clinton famously didn’t inhale, only willing to admit to touching reefer in England. Before his religious reawakening at forty, Bush the younger by all accounts led a wild life.

Jun 3, 2024 | bluetent.us | Toby Jaffe

The state of Montana, while likely out of reach to Democrats on the presidential level, will play a crucial role this November in determining which party controls the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In the competitive races for Montana’s first congressional district as well as Jon Tester’s U.S. Senate seat, Kiersten Iwai of Forward Montana believes that it is young voters who will make all the difference.