Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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opinion
Sean Spicer: Independent Voices Are Crushing Traditional News
Eight years ago, Sean Spicer was preparing for life as President-elect Donald Trump‘s first White House press secretary. Today, he’s a successful host of his own independent show, one of the many disrupting the media landscape. Spicer joins today’s interview edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to reveal how independent media transformed the 2024 election… -
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FAITH REALIGNMENT: Which Religious Group Voted for Kamala Harris?
Most Catholics and Protestants say they voted for the once and future president, Donald Trump, in Tuesday’s election, while most nonreligious Americans favored Kamala Harris, a survey shows. The Faith & Freedom Coalition, a group claiming 3 million activists and donors, released survey results Wednesday showing that 72% of Americans who claim they aren’t part… -
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Here’s How Epic Trump’s Tuesday Night Triumph Was
“Look what happened! Is this crazy?” President-elect Donald J. Trump exclaimed early Wednesday morning before exuberant fans in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump’s beyond-epic triumph made him the first American to secure the White House, surrender it, and then recapture it since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Republicans won the Senate with a majority of at least 53 seats and seem poised to retain the… -
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Kamala Harris Was Always Doomed
The presidential race was not unpredictable, as the now once again discredited polls swore to us. The Republicans had made massive gains in voter registration since 2020, when Donald Trump lost the Electoral College by only a few thousand strategically placed votes. Republicans began to master the transition to non-Election Day balloting—first engineered by the… -
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What Explains ‘Missing’ Votes Between 2020 and 2024?
Social media posts after the presidential election were abuzz about the disparity in the vote tally from 2020 to 2024. Preliminary counts show President-elect Donald Trump with almost as many votes as he got in 2020, when he came up short in his reelection effort against Joe Biden. Trump appears to have 73.3 million votes… -
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Female Athletes Who Challenged Connecticut Trans Policy Score Win for Women’s Sports
A federal court upheld four female high school track athletes’ challenge to a Connecticut policy allowing male participation in female sports. U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, ruled in favor of allowing the athletes’ case against the Connecticut Association of Schools to proceed, rejecting the request of state… -
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Tuesday’s Other Big Losers Besides Harris: Hollywood, Liz Cheney, Lawfare
The Biggest Loser? After Tuesday, it’s not just the title of the long-running reality TV weight-loss show anymore. The biggest loser of the Nov. 5 elections, undeniably, was Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite raising and spending a staggering $1 billion in campaign cash and having the sycophantic support of the Hollywood glitterati, the now-lame-duck vice… -
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On Victims of Communism Memorial Day, Here’s What Parents, Teachers Should Know
Today, Nov. 7, is Victims of Communism Day, and this day of remembrance should be a regular part of K-12 school calendars. Legislators in a growing number of states are adding the recognition to state law, and more may be coming. Parents have been worried about the culture of K-12 schools in recent years, and… -
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Media Elites Fume Over Their Inability to Force-Feed Narratives to the American People
American corporate media suffered a monumental rebuke Tuesday as Americans ignored them and elected Donald Trump as the nation’s next president. How have the outlets responded? By calling for the government to censor their opposition, of course, and whining about how people aren’t listening to them anymore. That’s been the theme on major network television… -
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North Carolina Supplies Republicans Plus-6 in US House
THE CENTER SQUARE—Republicans got a plus-6 boost from North Carolina on Tuesday in a bid to remain the majority party of the U.S. House of Representatives. Previously an even split among 14 seats, the Grand Old Party couldn’t pull the upset in the 1st Congressional District but rolled to victories as expected in 10 other… -
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Trump’s Win ‘Isn’t the Finish Line—It’s the Starting Point’
While it isn’t what every American wanted, the election did deliver something every American needed: clarity. The results that handed Donald Trump his second term supplied exactly what this weary and fractured country had to have to move forward—an unambiguous winner. A straightforward path. A fresh chance to be the nation its people, and the… -
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Pennsylvania’s Perry Ekes Out Win for 7th Term
Republican Rep. Scott Perry staved off a stiff challenge from Democrat Janelle Stelson in a U.S. House race in Pennsylvania to win a seventh term. On Wednesday afternoon, The Hill/Decision Desk HQ called the race for Perry. With 99% of the vote reporting, Perry leads Stelson by more than 6,000 votes with more than 400,000 votes… -
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Foreign Leaders React to Trump’s Imminent Return to Presidency
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Following President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, several leaders from countries around the world offered their responses—some more congratulatory in nature than others. Trump made a historic comeback from his loss in 2020 and swept the electoral vote by at least a 277-224 Electoral College margin—with several states… -
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Kamala Harris Concedes, but Tells Supporters Not to Give Up the ‘Fight’
After skipping out on speaking to supporters Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech at Howard University on Wednesday afternoon. The sitting vice president, thrown into the race without a primary some 100 days before the election after President Joe Biden’s withdrawal, told supporters not to despair but continue “the fight that… -
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The Media Are Egotistical Exaggerators and Liars
The 2024 presidential campaign is ending pretty much where it began: loathing the never-ending presence of Donald Trump. On the day before the election, The New York Times’ front page displayed a gaudy editorial (badly disguised as “News Analysis”) under the title “Torrent of Lies Redefines Political Norms.” Doesn’t that sound like a hard-charging rerun… -
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Trump’s Triumph Represents Wholesale Repudiation of the Establishment
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida—Donald John Trump, the 45th U.S. president, will soon become the 47th president, after he was projected to win not just the 270 Electoral College votes needed to return to the White House but also the national popular vote. His humiliation of the political elite is now complete. The conservative Fox News channel was… -
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Trump’s Huge Gains With Black Men Demonstrate Power of His Populist Party Realignment
Former President Donald Trump really is building a multiracial populist coalition that is remaking American politics. Of all the trends on Tuesday night that stand out, one of the most remarkable ones is the shift in the black vote to the right. The shift was especially pronounced with black men. Trump appears to have made significant inroads with… -
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States OK Constitutional Amendments Banning Noncitizen Voting
Voters in eight states on Tuesday considered constitutional amendments to ban noncitizens from voting. Measures were on the ballot in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, and were projected to pass as of 2 a.m., Fox News reported. Bloomberg and The Associated Press reported shortly before 9 p.m. that Amendment… -
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‘Stay Strong Hill Country’: One Volunteer’s Perspective on the Devastation in North Carolina After Hurricane Helene
Beside a lonely road in Boone, North Carolina, Styrofoam stood, balanced on cardboard and weighed down by a rock. Scrawled on it in faded black, yellow, and orange markers read the message, “I thank the good Lord for all the people at Samaritan’s Purse.” Weeks after Hurricane Helene ripped through the area, helicopters circled above,… -
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Badger State Blues: Why Wisconsin Families Can’t Afford the American Dream
McDonald’s has been in the headlines recently, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to eat at the classic hamburger chain. Perhaps the best summary of Bidenflation, soaring inflation under the Biden-Harris administration, can be found in the wisdom of Craig Ervin, a welder in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Ervin told me: “I used to go…