When Minnesota Democrats won back the majority in the state Senate last fall, they achieved the dream: a trifecta of control across the Legislature and the governor's office. They weren't the only ones. Democrats did the same in Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan, whereas Republicans failed to nab any new trifecta in the 2022 elections. But it's Minnesota that's attracting attention as a laboratory for how to effectively use that power to achieve progressive policy priorities. Nearly four months into the legislative session, Democrats in the state have already tackled protecting abortion rights, legalizing recreational marijuana and restricting gun access — and they have signaled their plans to take on issues like expanding paid family leave and providing legal refuge to trans youths whose access to gender-affirming and other medical care has been restricted elsewhere.
Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina and Nebraska legislatures
Montana becomes latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
President Joe Biden's approval rating among independent voters may be alarming for Democrats now that the president has formally launched his White House re-election bid. A number of polls this month show that Biden is underwater when it comes to independent voters - a key voting bloc that the president won by a wide margin in 2020. . .Four recent polls show Biden struggling among independent voters despite winning 52 percent support from independents and others in 2020, compared to 43 percent who backed Trump.
A new study explains why Republicans are working so hard to make it more difficult for students and young adults to vote. The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University discovered that people under 29 are voting Democratic by an almost 2 to 1 ratio, a generational partisan swing not seen since the 1960s. Had young people not shown up in the 2018 election in the numbers they did, Donald Trump may well have been reelected.
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