The Aporia
The Aporia
11 articles about 11 events for “Democratic Midterm Strategy” from The Bulwark.
“WHEN WILL WE KNOW the outcome of the midterm elections?”
“It’s only been a year, but it’s already easy to forget just how big a part large-scale state violence against Democratic protesters played in Trump’s plans in 2025.”
“The GOP’s midterm strategy has been to give up independents for lost and spend all their time and energy juicing base turnout—so where’s the rally-round messaging for pro-lifers?”
“As I noted last week, Marc Elias, a Democratic election lawyer deeply involved in the party’s planning process to respond to disputes, said he’s expecting the Trump administration to use the same kind of flood-the-zone strategy that the president and his…”
“Maybe he’s delusional enough to think that buying a few days’ worth of diesel fuel from Putin and blaming Volodymyr Zelensky for the high prices will save him from a Republican midterm bloodbath.”
“But while the Democratic political class was outraged by Trump’s corruption—even turning his failure to “drain the swamp” into a key pillar of their 2018 midterm strategy—the harsh reality was that voters didn’t really care.”
“Two of those aides, James Blair and Chris LaCivita, are spending most of their time spearheading midterms spending for Trump’s PAC.”
“Last week, it was leaked audio of Paxton admitting that Trump’s ballyhooed midterm convention had actually hurt his numbers.”
“AS DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES brace for the final weeks of the midterm campaign, they’ve been pleased to discover that they may not need to actually get above 50 percent of the vote to win in several key races.”
“…the massively popular Texas-based influencer who has backed Democratic candidates like Hinojosa and Senate candidate James Talarico told me it is “heartbreaking” that ICE shootings like this have become a common enough occurrence for people to have become…”
“And yes, there are still myriad ways Trump could try to tamper with the upcoming midterms—and it’s all but certain that he’ll try to spin any Democratic victories as fraudulent, at least in the minds of his own base.”