DeSantis is, as of June 2023, a slightly stronger candidate than Trump for the Republicans in Washington State. In a hypothetical matchup with the ultra MAGA Florida governor, once a protege of Trump’s, 51% of our respondents said they’d vote for Biden, while 39% would vote for DeSantis. 10% were not sure.
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President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris formally announce 2024 reelection bids
“Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they’ve had to defend democracy, stand up for our personal freedoms and stand up for our right to vote and our civil rights: Let’s finish the job,” Biden told his polarized country.
Democrats in Washington lost ground with Latino voters despite 2022 wins, data shows
Democrats in Washington declared the 2022 cycle a resounding victory, but a 17% decline in support within the state’s fastest-growing minority group spells trouble for the party’s future.
Donald Trump erects a tower of lies for the midterms and a bid to regain power in 2024
Trump is back. Expect a summer full of rallies, camp followers spouting Q‑Anon nonsense, and Trump leaving the stage to ovations that would send Hitler to bed happy.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory affirmed by Congress with all electoral votes counted
Thankfully, the lawsuits have failed, the Electoral College has voted, and its votes counted by Congress. Democracy has prevailed, and the candidates chosen by the people of the United States have been properly acknowledged as the winners of the election
Trump’s fascist goons launch physical attack on democracy, storm United States Capitol
The insurrection began following a rally held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest the 2020 presidential election results, at which Donald Trump urged participants to go to, and enter, the Capitol building.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers joins plot to nullify Biden-Harris victory; Dan Newhouse declines
McMorris Rodgers will have the distinction of being the only Republican from Washington State to participate in the plot, as the state’s other two Republicans have announced they will not be objecting to the election results.
More treachery: Anti-American Republican senators say they’re joining effort to throw out Electoral College results on January 6th
Their ultimate goal is to create a mechanism for changing enough Electoral College votes to keep Trump in office. Never mind what the voters said and did.
2020 Electoral College affirms Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ historic and decisive victory
This year’s meeting of the Electoral College took on greater importance due to Donald Trump and his followers’ refusal to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Pro-Biden states deliver furious rejoinder to Republican AGs’ attempt to throw election
Texas and a cohort of other states with Republican attorneys general don’t want Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be sworn in on January 20th. So, in an unprecedented move, they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the will of the people.
Cities outside of King County powered Biden-Harris’ historic victory in Washington State
Read guest contributor McCauley Pugh’s analysis of the 2020 Democratic ticket’s strength in Washington State outside of King County, which is an ominous sign for the Republican Party.
Loss of a presidential bellwether: For decades, Okanogan County telegraphed Washington’s allegiance in federal elections. Not anymore.
Okanogan County is now known as a solidly red, Republican bastion. But before that, it had nearly a hundred year run as Washington’s bellwether county in presidential races, as Joel Connelly explains.
America’s allies in the world community joyfully welcome historic Biden-Harris victory
The governments of countries like the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and India are all eager to move past the Trump error.
Joe Biden declared President-elect; Kamala Harris declared Vice President-elect… at last!
The 2020 Democratic ticket has won the presidency and vice presidency of the United States of America.