Crises forge Beshear's role as Kentucky's consoler in chief
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's first term in office has been dominated by one deadly crisis after another: the global COVID-19 pandemic, tornadoes that killed scores of people in western Kentucky and floodwaters in Appalachia that left dozens more Kentuckians dead.
2019 Takeaways: Suburb shift, high turnout and Socialism!
Those outcomes hardly predict national 2020 results: President Donald Trump isnt suddenly at risk of losing Louisiana because Democratic Gov. But there are lessons for Democrats and Republicans as the political focus shift to the presidential and congressional elections next November. TRUMP ERA TURNOUT IS UNIFORMLY HIGH, BUT DEMS ARE BENEFITING MOREHuge turnouts started with Virginias statewide elections in 2017 and continued through the 2018 midterms and the 2019 odd-year slate. THE SUBURBAN SHIFT IS EVERYWHERESuburban New Orleans isnt the same as suburban Philadelphia, Chicago or Los Angeles, metro areas that fueled Democrats midterm House takeover. But like more conventional Democrats elsewhere, Edwards benefited from a suburban shift.