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California’s Case Against Second Chances

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By Salvatore Cordileone, Michael Barber
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
WSJ Opinion: Mifepristone as a Tool of CoercionPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Mifepristone as a Tool of Coercion
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Analysis: The red-blue illusion — American voters are far more complex than their parties Original

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By Michael Barber, Jeremy Pope
| Deseret News Verified
American politics consistently asks voters to do something strange: buy an entire ideological bundle when they want only part of it. If a voter favors higher taxes on high earners, pundits and the political class often assume that voters must also favor every progressive position on gender, sexuality, immigration and policing.
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Why are American politics so volatile?

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By Jeremy Pope, Michael Barber
| Good Authority
Photo by Joshua Leeman on Unsplash. The 2026 midterms give Democrats an obvious opening with President Trump’s unpopularity over high prices and a poorly conceived conflict in the Middle East. And they can expect the typical midterm pattern to work in their favor: The president’s party nearly always loses ground in midterm elections. So Democrats may reasonably hope to gain quite a few seats in 2027. But victories for both parties have recently been short-lived.
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